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Informationen zum Autor Jennifer D. Keene Zusammenfassung The First World War was a pivotal event in world history! but Americans often overlook the importance of their participation in the war. The United States and the First World War provides a concise! comprehensive and engaging evaluation of the war's significance in American history by examining the causes of the war! mobilization on the homefront! key social reforms enacted during the war! military strategy! the experiences of soldiers! the Versailles Peace Treaty! and the lessons Americans drew in the postwar years from their wartime experiences. Was the First World War a just war for the United States? This lively and interesting guide! full of maps and key primary source documents gives students the resources they need to grapple with this important question! and also to analyze how the war changed millions of American lives. Inhaltsverzeichnis An Introduction to the Series VIINote on Referencing System VlllAuthor's Acknowledgements ixPublisher's Acknowledgements IXList of Abbreviations XList of Maps XIINTRODUCTION 1PART ONE: ORIGINS OF THE WAR 51. WAS THE WAR INEVITABLE? 7War in Europe! 1914 7Woodrow Wilson: at Home and in Mexico 9Neutral in Word and Deed! then War 12Fourteen Points and the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk:Just versus Unjust Peace 18PART TWO: THE HOMEFRONT 212. MOBILIZATION: NEW POWERS FOR THE GOVERNMENT 23Bargains among the State! Capital! and Labor 23Drafting an Army 28Paying for the War 32Propaganda and Civil Liberties 333. SOCIAL CHANGES AT HOME: PROGRESSIVISM RUNSITS COURSEProhibitionFemale SuffrageAfrican-American MigrationThe First Red Scare and Immigration RestrictionsPART THREE: OVERSEAS 514. FIGHTING THE WAR 53Leadership and Strategy .54The American Soldier Experience 60Intervention in North Russia and Siberia 6.55. PEACE 69The Paris Peace Settlement 70The Lost Generation! the Bonus March and the GI Bill 77Evoking the War: Remembrance and Lessons Learned 80PART FOUR: ASSESSMENT 836. THE MEANING OF THE FIRST WORLD WARFOR THE UNITED STATES 85PART FIVE: DOCUMENTS 89Chronology 113Glossary 118Who's Who 121Bibliography 124Index ...
