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Focusing on adventure fiction, this book explores how literature during the Great War served as a tool for recruitment and shaped the perceptions of British youth about the conflict. It highlights the enduring impact of these narratives, which promoted the war as a moral crusade, influencing attitudes well into the 1930s despite the emergence of disillusioned post-war literature. As the first comprehensive study of its kind, it sheds light on the significant yet overlooked role of fiction in shaping young men's views during and after the war.