Celia Malone Kingsbury is an associate professor of English at the University of Central Missouri. She is the author of The Peculiar Sanity of War: Hysteria in the Literature of World War I.

""Kingsbury writes with verve and spirit, extending the theory and impact of propaganda along new avenues of research, with interesting sociological and psychological analyses.""—B. Adler, CHOICE|""This is a valuable addition to the fields of twentieth-century history, communications history, and gender studies.""—Greg Barnhisel, Journal of American History |""This will be important reading for scholars of World War One in America, and those interested in popular fiction in the early 20th century.""—Mark Whalan, American Studies |""We very much need a history of popular literature during World War I, and to understand propaganda in its multiple forms, public and private.""—Anthony Seeger, Indiana Magazine of History

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction 1. Food Will Win the War: Domestic Science and the Royal Society 2. "One Hundred Percent": War Service and Women's Fiction 3. VADs and Khaki Girls: The Ultimate Reward for War Service 4. "Learning to Hate the German Beast": Children as War Mongers 5. The Hun Is at the Gate: Protecting the Innocents Conclusion: Learning to Love Big Brother-or Not Notes Bibliography Index

Celia Malone Kingsbury is an associate professor of English at the University of Central Missouri. She is the author of The Peculiar Sanity of War: Hysteria in the Literature of World War I.

""Kingsbury writes with verve and spirit, extending the theory and impact of propaganda along new avenues of research, with interesting sociological and psychological analyses.""—B. Adler, CHOICE|""This is a valuable addition to the fields of twentieth-century history, communications history, and gender studies.""—Greg Barnhisel, Journal of American History |""This will be important reading for scholars of World War One in America, and those interested in popular fiction in the early 20th century.""—Mark Whalan, American Studies |""We very much need a history of popular literature during World War I, and to understand propaganda in its multiple forms, public and private.""—Anthony Seeger, Indiana Magazine of History

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction 1. Food Will Win the War: Domestic Science and the Royal Society 2. "One Hundred Percent": War Service and Women's Fiction 3. VADs and Khaki Girls: The Ultimate Reward for War Service 4. "Learning to Hate the German Beast": Children as War Mongers 5. The Hun Is at the Gate: Protecting the Innocents Conclusion: Learning to Love Big Brother-or Not Notes Bibliography Index

Celia Malone Kingsbury is an associate professor of English at the University of Central Missouri. She is the author of The Peculiar Sanity of War: Hysteria in the Literature of World War I.

""Kingsbury writes with verve and spirit, extending the theory and impact of propaganda along new avenues of research, with interesting sociological and psychological analyses.""—B. Adler, CHOICE|""This is a valuable addition to the fields of twentieth-century history, communications history, and gender studies.""—Greg Barnhisel, Journal of American History |""This will be important reading for scholars of World War One in America, and those interested in popular fiction in the early 20th century.""—Mark Whalan, American Studies |""We very much need a history of popular literature during World War I, and to understand propaganda in its multiple forms, public and private.""—Anthony Seeger, Indiana Magazine of History

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction 1. Food Will Win the War: Domestic Science and the Royal Society 2. "One Hundred Percent": War Service and Women's Fiction 3. VADs and Khaki Girls: The Ultimate Reward for War Service 4. "Learning to Hate the German Beast": Children as War Mongers 5. The Hun Is at the Gate: Protecting the Innocents Conclusion: Learning to Love Big Brother-or Not Notes Bibliography Index