Doughboys, the Great War, and the Remaking of America

Name: Doughboys, the Great War, and the Remaking of America
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ISBN: 9780801874468

ISBN-10: 0801874467

ISBN-13: 9780801874468

Edition: 2001

Authors: Jennifer D. Keene

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How does a democratic government conscript citizens, turn them into soldiers who can fight effectively against a highly trained enemy, and then somehow reward these troops for their service? In Doughboys, the Great War, and the Remaking of America, Jennifer D. Keene argues that the doughboy experience in 1917--18 forged the U.S. Army of the twentieth century and ultimately led to the most sweeping piece of social-welfare legislation in the nation's history -- the G.I. Bill. Keene shows how citizen-soldiers established standards of discipline that the army in a sense had to adopt. Even after these troops had returned to civilian life, lessons learned by the army during its first experience…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 9/15/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.77" tall
Weight: 1.166
Language: English



Introduction



A Force to Call Our Own: Establishing the National Army



Americans as Warriors



The Meaning of Obedience



The Politics of Race: Racial Violence and Harmony in the Wartime Army



Forging Their Own Alliances: American Soldier's


Relations with the French and Germans



The Legacy of the War for the Army



War Memories: Re-Examining the Social Contract



'The Yanks Are Starving Everywhere': The Bonus March


Epilogue - The War's Final Legacy for the Country: The GI Bill


Bibliographic Essay