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"It was not only adults who became mentally and physically committed to the war for, as Rosie Kennedy demonstrates in this fascinating study, children were mobilised and, to a large extent, mobilised themselves . . . This study, which . . . is based on extensive research, is an important contribution to our knowledge of British society during the Great War. It is also eminently readable." - Times Higher Education
"A fascinating investigation into an overlooked generation. Carefully researched and compiled, this is an excellent source of materials for anyone studying World War One." - Centenary News
"It is the achievement of this book that, when recently confronted with a photograph of British children attending the Armistice Day commemorations, their deceased fathers' medals pinned to their coats, my mind turned immediately to Kennedy's invocation of the need to reflect on the emotional and psychological significance of children's participation in the Great War, and of the importance of considering soldiers not just as husbands and sons, but as fathers too." - Dr Rebecca Gill, Reviews in History
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Children's War
Book Subtitle: Britain, 1914-1918
Authors: Rosie Kennedy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137319357
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-22175-8Published: 30 January 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-30727-2Published: 01 January 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-31935-7Published: 13 February 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 189
Topics: European History, Modern History, Social History, History of Britain and Ireland, Cultural History, History of Military