20th CENTURY DEFENCES IN BRITAIN: EAST MIDLANDS

This is a comprehensive guide to the many and varied defence heritage sites in Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland. The book provides details of sites on the ground, and the context which will enable the visitor to interpret them. Chapters focus on Airfield; Coast Defence; Defence Lines; the defence of Airfields and other Vulnerable Points; Air Defence; The Cold War; Barracks, Camps, Depots and War Production. A detailed text is backed up by over ninety photographs and plans. A comprehensive Gazetteer lists examples of all the types of structure described, and a Bibliography suggests further specialist reading.