America's Great War: World War I and the American ExperienceRowman & Littlefield, 2000 - Počet stran: 275 Much has been written on World War I, but few books focus solely on America's involvement in the war as successfully as Robert H. Zieger. In America's Great War, Zieger concentrates his attention on five broad themes that affected Americans: Woodrow Wilson's role in shaping world order; America's familial connection to Europe; the complicated relationship between the wartime experience and the Progressive Era; race; and the emergence of the National Security State. |
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Strana viii
... role in turn- ing back the German submarine menace , and the huge influx of American troops was a key factor in blunting Germany's spring offensives and , especially , in the victorious Allied advance in the crucial summer of 1918. True ...
... role in turn- ing back the German submarine menace , and the huge influx of American troops was a key factor in blunting Germany's spring offensives and , especially , in the victorious Allied advance in the crucial summer of 1918. True ...
Strana xxii
... role of munitions makers in decision for war in 1917 ( Nye Committee hearings ) . 26 June 1945 - U.S . signs the United Nations Charter . Introduction Four broad themes emerge from my study of America's xxii ། Chronology.
... role of munitions makers in decision for war in 1917 ( Nye Committee hearings ) . 26 June 1945 - U.S . signs the United Nations Charter . Introduction Four broad themes emerge from my study of America's xxii ། Chronology.
Strana 1
... the League of Nations were not about peace terms per se but rather about Wilson's distinctive vision of a new world order and of America's role in it . The theme of America's connection to Europe is evident from 1 Introduction.
... the League of Nations were not about peace terms per se but rather about Wilson's distinctive vision of a new world order and of America's role in it . The theme of America's connection to Europe is evident from 1 Introduction.
Strana 2
... role in the course of the war . Nor that the overwhelming majority of Americans were descended from Europeans and that America's political , economical , and cul- tural traditions and institutions were largely European in origin . It is ...
... role in the course of the war . Nor that the overwhelming majority of Americans were descended from Europeans and that America's political , economical , and cul- tural traditions and institutions were largely European in origin . It is ...
Strana 3
... roles in an urban , industrial society , haltingly addressed during the war in a series of makeshift policies and agencies , only dimly echoed in the 1920s . The liberal progressive goals of subjecting corporate power to closer ...
... roles in an urban , industrial society , haltingly addressed during the war in a series of makeshift policies and agencies , only dimly echoed in the 1920s . The liberal progressive goals of subjecting corporate power to closer ...
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A World at War 19141915 | 7 |
War Peace War 19151917 | 27 |
Mobilizing for War 19171918 | 57 |
Over There 19171918 | 85 |
Class Race Gender | 115 |
Making the Peace 19181920 | 153 |
Postwar America | 187 |
Questions for Americans | 227 |
Notes | 239 |
Bibliographical Note | 251 |
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About the Author | |
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