Last Days of Innocence America at War, 1917-1918

Name: Last Days of Innocence America at War, 1917-1918
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ISBN: 9780679743767

ISBN-10: 0679743766

ISBN-13: 9780679743767

Edition: N/A

Authors: Meirion Harries, Susie Harries

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In the Spring of 1917, America went to war with an innocent determination to re-make the world. When the smoke lifted in November 1918, the nation emerged with its sense of purpose shattered, its certainties shaken, and with a new and unwelcome self-knowledge. Seventy-five thousand American soldiers were dead, and back home a Pandora's box of suspicions and surveillance had been opened. The Last Days of Innocence reveals how the fight to preserve freedom abroad led to the erosion of freedom at home. Drawing on American, British, and French archival material, the authors reveal unplanned and uncoordinated field efforts, as well as the unsavory activities of anti-dissent groups, from the…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/24/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 592
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Meirion and Susie Harries began their writing partnership in 1979 and have since co-authored six books, as well as articles on Japanese security and environmental policy for English and Japanese newspapers. This is their second book on Japanese history. They live in England.