The NWAC, a semi-official Parliamentary organisation responsible for propaganda to counteract civilian war-weariness, produced masses of propaganda material aimed at re-stimulating civilian patriotism ...
Nowadays many readers are likely to look down their noses at any book that appeals to patriotism. Loyalty to some corner of humanity seems parochial, a betrayal of morality’s commitment to all people.
During the interwar years in Poland, a lot of patriotic children’s literature was published. The stories showed kids how wonderful it was to fight, and even die, for one’s country. How did these books ...