Bombardment, Public Safety and Resilience in English Coastal Communities during the First World War

Michael Reeve is a Lecturer in History at Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln, UK. He received his PhD in History from the University of Hull, UK, in 2019, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

• 1. Introduction.- 2 Constructing Fear of Invasion and Bombardment.- 3. Public Safety and Home Defence: The Defence of the Realm Act (DORA) and Central Government Policy.- 4. Local Interpretation and Implementation of Central Government Policy on Home and Civil Defence.- 5. Policing DORA.- 6. Representing War Damage and Destruction Following Bombardment.- 7. The Wartime and Post-war Legacies of Civilian Bombardment.- 8. Conclusion.