America and the Great War 1914 - 1920

by James, D. Clayton; Wells, Anne Sharp

• ISBN13: 9780882959443
• ISBN10: 0882959441
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-12-24
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

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 arrivals-on the home front, and the lasting changes left in the Great War's wake.

Author Biography

D. Clayton James has held five distinguished professorships, most recently at the Virginia Military Institute. A Fellow of the Society of American Historians, he has written nine books, notably The Years of MacArthur (in three volumes).

Anne Sharp Wells has served on the faculties of Mississippi State University and the Virginia Military Institute. She has coauthored four books with Professor James, including From Pearl Harbor to V-J Day: The American Armed Forces in World War II.

Table of Contents

Foreword	V	(4)
Acknowledgments	IX
CHAPTER ONE: The Tangled Paths to Horror in Europe	1	(27)
Bloodbaths But No Decision	6	(9)
A Time of Many Excitements	15	(8)
America Enters the War	23	(5)
CHAPTER TWO: Over There	28	(31)
In Come the Yanks	29	(19)
Emergence of the Citizen-Soldier	48	(11)
CHAPTER THREE: Nineteen Months of Progress on the Home Front	59	(20)
Agencies of War	60	(5)
Life on the Home Front	65	(10)
Progressivism and Politics	75	(4)
CHAPTER FOUR: The Final Wilson Years	79	(20)
Retreat from Global Responsibility	81	(9)
End of an Era	90	(9)
Photographs and Illustrations follow page 70
Maps: Western Front: German End-the-War Offensives, March-July, 1918	41
Western Front: Allied Offensives, September-November, 1918	45
Bibliographical Essay	99	(14)
Index	113