• Constructing the Enemy Within: Rumours of Secret Gun Platforms and Zeppelin Bases in Britain, August-October 1914

    Author(s):
    Brett Holman (see profile)
    Date:
    2017
    Subject(s):
    Technology, History, Military history, Great Britain, History, Modern
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    History of technology, Modern British history
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/acy9-nx38
    Abstract:
    This article explores the false rumours of secret German gun platforms and Zeppelin bases which swept Britain in the early months of the First World War and climaxed with the fall of Antwerp in October 1914, so persistently that they were repeatedly investigated by both the police and the military. They were the latest manifestation of a long-standing myth- complex around the threatening figure of an enemy within. They also represent an important moment in the British people's imaginative transition between the cautious optimism of the early months and the increasingly obvious likelihood of a long, total war.
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    Publisher:
    British Commission for Military History
    Pub. Date:
    2017
    Journal:
    British Journal for Military History
    Volume:
    3
    Issue:
    2
    Page Range:
    22 - 42
    ISSN:
    2057-0422
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    2 years ago
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives
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