As early as 1924, Lofting was editorializing about the negative effects of war on children. In an article written for The Nation, Lofting railed against what he called "tin-soldierism", a state of mind common at the time that glorified war and "heroic deaths". He attacked the so-called children's classics about heroes galloping across battlefields. He wrote: "That kind of battlefield has gone for good, it is still bloody, but you don't gallop. And since that kind of battlefield has gone, that kind of book—for children—should go too".Lofting, H. (1924). "Children and internationalism". Nation, 118:172-173.
