Description
Book SynopsisA troubling development of the brutal century recently passed has been the growing use of children for war. World War I became the first total war of modern times. To engage in war on immense scale authorities believed everyone must participate. That included children. Relentless campaigns of propaganda in both world wars focused special attention on kids. The immense scope of total war grew to dominate children's lives, their daily existence militarized by a world preoccupied by conflict.
But we have often ignored wartime contributions of children. What were they expected to do? How were they persuaded to do it? How did it contribute to the war? In what ways did it affect their lives? What did they think about that? This history attempts to respond by examining activities of home-front children in the United States during both world wars.
This revised edition considers recent research to extend the discussion of children's experiences in war. It includes an examination
Table of Contents
Preface – Introduction – Children Meet Propaganda – How War Can Make Better Children. How Children Can Make – Education, Fitness and Public Policy – Mobilizing Kids for the Home Front – Youth Groups and Business – Militarizing Children’s Magazines – War and the Mind of a Child – Bibliography – Index.
