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James D. Clayton |
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America and the Great War, 1914-1920 / / D. Clayton James, Anne Sharp Wells |
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Wheeling, Illinois : , : Harlan Davidson, Inc., , 1998 |
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1998 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (140 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1914-1918 - United States |
World War, 1914-1918 - Social aspects - United States |
United States Politics and government 1913-1921 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [99]-112) and index |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Foreword; Contents; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE: The Tangled Paths to Horror in Europe; Bloodbaths But No Decision; A Time of Many Excitements; America Enters the War; CHAPTER TWO: Over There; In Come the Yanks; Emergence of the Citizen-Soldier; CHAPTER THREE: Nineteen Months of Progress on the Home Front; Agencies of War; Life on the Home Front; Progressivism and Politics; CHAPTER FOUR: The Final Wilson Years; Retreat from Global Responsibility; End of an Era; Bibliographical Essay; Index |
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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 Presiden |
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