America and the Great War 1914 - 1920

Name: America and the Great War 1914 - 1920
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ISBN: 9780882959443

ISBN-10: 0882959441

ISBN-13: 9780882959443

Edition: 1st 1998

Authors: D. Clayton James, Anne Sharp Wells

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In America and the Great War, 1914-1920, the accomplished writing team of D. Clayton James and Anne Sharp Wells provides a succinct account of the principal military, political, and social developments in United States History as the nation responded to, and was changed by, a world in crisis.A forthright examination of America's unprecedented military commitment and actions abroad, America and the Great War includes insights into the personalities of key Allied officers and civilian leaders as well as the evolution of the new American "citizen soldier." Full coverage is given to President Wilson's beleaguered second term, the experience of Americans-including women, minorities, and recent…

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List price: $29.95
Edition: 1st
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/24/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 120
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.30" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English



Foreword


Acknowledgments



The Tangled paths to Horror in Europe


Bloodbaths But No Decision


A Time of many Excitements


America Enters the War



Over There


In Come the Yanks


Emergence of the Citizen-Soldier



Nineteen Months of Progress on the Home Front


Agencies of War


Life on the Home Front


Progressivism and Politics



The Final Wilson Years


Retreat from Global Responsibility


End of an Era


Photographs and Illustrations follow page


Maps: Western Front: German End-the-War Offensives, March-July, 1918


Western Front: Allied Offensive, September-November, 1918


Bibliographical Essay


Index