Playing Soldier: The Books and Toys That Prepared Children for War, 1871–1918 Native American History although this meant assaulting a

although this meant assaulting a powerfully fortified German naval base

The wartime experience of the Canadian Expeditionary Force is the subject of an essay by Desmond Morton

the British avenged their defeat when Baghdad was captured in March 1917

The designation "Male" in the name meant that it was a variant of the tank equipped with a combination of cannons located in turrets on the sides of the vehicle and machine guns

committed to fighting for democracy at home and beyond

Playing Soldier: The Books and Toys That Prepared Children for War, 1871–1918 Native American History although this meant assaulting aDescription by Richard Cheek Hardcover The ways books, magazines, printed ephemera, and toys relating to military life and wartime experience were used to persuade boys to admire, and aspire to become, soldiers and sailors are illuminated in this lively catalogue, which accompanied a Grolier Club exhibition. Covering the period 18711918, Richard Cheek shows that young people were encouraged to accept war as an inevitable form of human behavior that