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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814219003321

Autore

Possner Roger <1942->

Titolo

Mobilization day : americans debate militarism, 1914-1924 / / Roger Possner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, United States of America : , : Algora Publishing, , 2020

ISBN

1-62894-403-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

327.172097309041

Soggetti

Peace movements

United States Military policy Public opinion

United States Politics and government 1913-1921

United States Politics and government 1921-1923

United States Politics and government 1923-1929

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Militarism : armored and brainless? 1914-1915 -- Peace, war and peace, 1916-1918 -- Who were the militarists? 1919-1920 -- Bolshevism or rheumatism? Red scare, 1919-1920 -- Neither masses nor classes : American Legion, 1919-1924 -- Soldiers and ships, 1920-1922 -- A navy second to none, 1921-1922 -- Mobilization Day, 1924 -- Militarism in the new era.

Sommario/riassunto

"America has a fine tradition, mostly forgotten, of opposition to military values and large military forces. This study of the debate from 1914-1928 documents major events of the period and shows how militarists and anti-militarists contended to persuade Americans which policies were best to preserve national security"--