Doughboys, the Great War, and the Remaking of America

Informationen zum Autor Jennifer D. Keene is an associate professor of history at the University of Redlands in Redlands, California. Klappentext Zusammenfassung She finds that the country and the conscripts-in their view-entered into a certain social compact! one that assured veterans that the federal government owed conscripted soldiers of the twentieth century debts far in excess of the pensions the Grand Army of the Republic had claimed in the late nineteenth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction Chapter 1 A Force to Call Our Own: Establishing the National Army Chapter 2 Americans as Warriors Chapter 3 The Meaning of Obedience Chapter 4 The Politics of Race: Racial Violence and Harmony in the Wartime Army Chapter 5 Forging Their Own Alliances: American Soldier's Relations with the French and Germans Chapter 6 The Legacy of the War for the Army Chapter 7 War Memories: Re-Examining the Social Contract Chapter 8 'The Yanks Are Starving Everywhere': The Bonus MarchEpilogue - The War's Final Legacy for the Country: The GI Bill Bibliographic Essay ...

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• Authors: Jennifer Keene, Jennifer D Keene, Jennifer D. Keene, Jennifer D. (University of Redlands) Keene
• Assisted by: Michael Fellman (Editor)
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.11.2003
• EAN: 9780801874468
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-7446-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: War/Society/Culture; War/Society/Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration