http://old.warisacrime.org/taxonomy/term/241/0 en http://old.warisacrime.org/content/militarism-run-amok-russians-and-americans-get-their-kids-ready-war <p>In 1915, a mother’s protest against funneling children into war became the theme of a new American song, “<a href="http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4942/">I Didn’t Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier</a>.”&nbsp; Although the ballad attained great popularity, not everyone liked it.&nbsp; Theodore Roosevelt, a leading militarist of the era, retorted that the proper place for such women was “in a harem―and not in the United States.”</p> <p>Roosevelt would be happy to learn that, a century later, preparing children for war continues unabated.</p> <p><a href="http://old.warisacrime.org/content/militarism-run-amok-russians-and-americans-get-their-kids-ready-war" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://old.warisacrime.org/content/militarism-run-amok-russians-and-americans-get-their-kids-ready-war#comments children children and war Counter Recruitment Junior ROTC militarism video games war Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:05:14 +0000 Lawrence Wittner 69962 at http://old.warisacrime.org