The Virus and the Blitz - The Atlantic - 0 views
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Britain during the Blitz has gone down in history as the exemplar of national resilience—a role model for any nation going through a hard and stressful time, whether a war, terror attack, or pandemic.
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ow did the British do it? What can we learn? What exactly are national resilience and social solidarity made of, and how are they built?
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If you want to list the factors that contributed to the country’s indomitable resilience, start with a sense of agency. Brits needed to feel that they were not helpless or passive, that the nation was taking positive action every second of every day.
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