Children at War, 1914–1918
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Children at War, 1914–1918

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Children at War, 1914–1918

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About This Book

The author of We Also Served examines what life was like for children during World War I. For most British readers, the phrase "children during the war" conjures up images of the evacuees of the Second World War. Somehow, surprisingly, the children of the Great War have been largely and unjustifiably overlooked. However, this book takes readers to the heart of the Children's War 1914-1918. The age range covered, from birth to 17 years, as well as the richness of children's own writings and the breadth of English, French, and German primary and secondary sources, allows readers to experience wartime childhood and adolescence from multiple, multi-national standpoints. These include: British infants in the nursery; German children at school; French and Belgian youngsters living with the enemy in their occupied homelands; Australian girls and boys knitting socks for General Birdwood, (Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Imperial Force); Girl Guides working for MI5; youthful Ukrainian/Canadians wrongfully interned; German children held as prisoners of war in Siberia; teenage deckhands on the Lusitania; not to mention the rebellious underage Cossack girl who served throughout the war on the Eastern Front, as well as the youngest living recipient of the VC. At times humorous, at others terrifying, this book totally alters perceptions of what it was like to be young in the First World War. Readers will marvel at children's courage, ingenuity, patriotism, and pacifism, and wholeheartedly agree with the child who stated, "What was done to us was wrong."

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Publisher
Pen & Sword History
Year
2019
ISBN
9781473886568
Topic
Historia
Subtopic
Primera Guerra Mundial

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Foreword
  8. Chapter One War in the Nursery, War in the Schoolroom
  9. Chapter Two A Guiding Hand: Girl Guides, Diarists and Letter Writers
  10. Chapter Three ‘What was Done to Us Was Wrong’
  11. Chapter Four Courage Beyond Their Years
  12. Chapter Five A Very Teenage Rebellion
  13. Conclusion
  14. Endnotes
  15. Bibliography