Contents

List of Figures ix

Introduction Onto Center Stage: Warfare in the Western World 1

Sara Buttsworth and Maartje Abbenhuis

1 Gilt Epaulettes for a Gilded Age: Citizen Volunteers

and Martial Culture in Post-Civil War New York 23

Mark A.

2 Patterns from the Guardians of Neutrality: Women

Social Democrats in Sweden and Their Resistance

against Civil Defense, 1939-1940 41

Irene An dersson

3 Bride Ship, Brothel Ship: Conflicting Images of War

Brides Arriving in New Zealand in the 1940s 61

Gabrielle A. Fortune

4 Innocence and Punishment: The War Experiences

of the Children of Dutch Nazi Collaborators 87

Ismee Tames

5 The Child Soldier in Literature or How Johnny

Tremain Became Johnny Mad Dog 109

David M. Rosen

6 From Bedpans to Bulldogs: Lottie: Gallipoli Nurse

and the Pitfalls of Presenting War to the Young 129

Sara Bu ttsworth

7 “We Aren't Playing That Passive Role Any Longer”:

American Women's Protest of the Vietnam War 151

Penelope Adams Moon

8 M ixed Messages: Gender, Peace, and the Mainstream

Media in Australia, 1983-1984 177

Suellen Mu rray

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9 The War at Home: Toys, Media, and Play as War Work 203

Karen J. Hall

Notes on Contributors 225

Index 229

List of Figures