Richard van Emden

Richard van Emden has interviewed over 270 veterans of the Great War and has written twelve books on the subject including The Trench and The Last Fighting Tommy (both top ten bestsellers). He has also worked on more than a dozen television programmes on the First World War, including Prisoners of the Kaiser, Veterans, Britain's Last Tommies, the award-winning Roses of No Man's Land, Britain's Boy Soldiers and A Poem for Harry, and most recently, War Horse: The Real Story. He lives in Barnes.

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Hikari Steelzhat Zitat gemachtvor 17 Tagen
Adult patriotism, along with the threat of a potential enemy, was commonly passed down to children, who accepted the ideas automatically and largely without question.
Hikari Steelzhat Zitat gemachtvor 17 Tagen
in particular the teaching of what is often known as ‘Muscular Christianity’, which was vigorously taught in public schools. It was in essence a way of living suited to defending Britain and her empire. Boys were meant to be Christian, ready to enforce what was good and true, ‘to fight the good fight’ if necessary.
Hikari Steelzhat Zitat gemachtvor 17 Tagen
To this end, sports were advocated, as good health was seen as almost a religious and social duty. To achieve this, boys were taught that physical health and fitness were integral to mental strength and fortitude, from which would flow integrity and honesty; no surprise then that The Boys’ Herald was subtitled ‘A Healthy Paper For Manly Boys’.
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