{"product_id":"pillbox-country-ian-m-palmer-9798304855440","title":"Pillbox Country: The Surviving Architecture of Two World Wars in Mainland Britain","description":"\u003cb\u003eA century ago, Britain braced for invasion. Twice.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo defend against new weapons and new tactics, almost any idea seemed worth considering. Soldiers and civilians stood ready to protect their homes, their families, and everything they knew. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInvasion never came. The end of World War Two left behind thousands of pillboxes and silent pickets, tank traps and obstacles, airfields and trenches, batteries and gun emplacements, observation posts and turrets, searchlights and EXDO stations. Each year more collapse or are removed, but many still remain, buried in hedgerows or isolated in open fields. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIllustrated with over 600 of the author's photographs, PILLBOX COUNTRY gathers evidence of what nearly became a beleaguered nation's final stand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ian M. Palmer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798304855440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51d","brand":"Ian M. Palmer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47965381820671,"sku":"9798304855440","price":18.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e6a1a3c0-084c-4cb7-bb77-714f0c1e5ce4.jpg?v=1767280200","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pillbox-country-ian-m-palmer-9798304855440","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}