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An important [book] ... no other work on the subject - which has long fascinated me - has proved so enjoyable, informative or wide ranging. * The Journal of the Western Front Association * Well-written, accessible and thoroughly researched, David Budgen has examined a vast array of literary sources to explain how the Great War was imagined for children both during and after the conflict. A valuable addition to our understanding of the subject and of interest to historians, literary critics, educationalists and anyone interested in the Great War. * Michael Paris, Emeritus Professor of Modern History, University of Central Lancashire, UK *

By writing from the vantage of children's literature and its relationship with a century of First World War stories for the young, Budgen (Univ. of Kent) has opened a particularly revealing perspective on war studies. * Michigan War Studies Review * An important [book] ... no other work on the subject - which has long fascinated me - has proved so enjoyable, informative or wide ranging. * The Journal of the Western Front Association * Well-written, accessible and thoroughly researched, David Budgen has examined a vast array of literary sources to explain how the Great War was imagined for children both during and after the conflict. A valuable addition to our understanding of the subject and of interest to historians, literary critics, educationalists and anyone interested in the Great War. * Michael Paris, Emeritus Professor of Modern History, University of Central Lancashire, UK *

Well-written, accessible and thoroughly researched, David Budgen has examined a vast array of literary sources to explain how the Great War was imagined for children both during and after the conflict. A valuable addition to our understanding of the subject and of interest to historians, literary critics, educationalists and anyone interested in the Great War. * Michael Paris, Emeritus Professor of Modern History, University of Central Lancashire, UK *

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David Budgen is Associate Lecturer in the School of History at the University of Kent, UK.

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