Description
This innovative book reveals children's experiences and how they became victims and actors during the twentieth century's biggest conflicts.
About the Author
Mischa Honeck teaches US and transatlantic history at the Humboldt University of Berlin. He was a research fellow at the German Historical Institute in Washington, DC, and is the author of Our Frontier Is the World: The Boy Scouts in the Age of American Ascendancy (2018). James Marten was one of the founders of the Society for the History of Children and Youth and its president from 2013 to 2015. He edited the Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth from 2013 to 2018. His book The Children's Civil War (1998) was named an Outstanding Academic Title by Choice.
Reviews
'This outstanding volume of essays addresses a central issue of twentieth-century warfare of why children who, in theory, should be shielded from involvement in war are instead continuously mobilized physically, emotionally, and imaginatively into war. It is a major contribution to our understanding of the history of children and childhood.' David M. Rosen, Fairleigh Dickinson University
'Its success lies in the profound way in which it analyzes the impact of modern warfare on childhood, filling the gap in historiography and laying the foundation for further research.' Hannah Tomlin, H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online
Book Information
ISBN 9781108478533
Author Mischa Honeck
Format Hardback
Page Count 310
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 630g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 158mm * 18mm