World War I
Primary Documents on Events from 1914 to 1919
1st Edition
Published on 30. December 2007
424 pages
978-0-313-34961-4 (ISBN)
Description
Primary documents from the World War I era bring to life the causes, events and consequences of those tumultuous and violent years. Varied perspectives provide a valuable overview of the many and often complicated reactions by Americans to Pre-war European politics, Archduke Ferdinand's assassination, the sinking of the Lusitania by a German submarine, the major battles fought, and of the eventual and controversial entry into the war by the United States, among others. Will be a valued resource for researchers seeking to tap into contemporary attitudes toward events long gone.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
File size
1,81 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-313-34961-4 (9780313349614)
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12/2007
Greenwood Press
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Person
Ross F. Collins is Associate Professor of Communication at North Dakota State University, Fargo. He edited The Greenwood Library of American War Reporting, Volume 5: World War I (Greenwood Press 2005), and has published numerous scholarly articles on aspects of World War I, French journalism, and American frontier journalism. A former journalist and photographer, Collins has contributed more than 800 articles and photographs to a wide variety of non-academic publications. He has a Ph.D. in journalism history from the University of Cambridge, and is treasurer of the American Journalism Historians Association.
Content
- Intro
- World War I
- Contents
- Series Foreword
- Chronology
- Introduction: The American Press in World War I
- Chapter 1: Who Started It? The Allies
- Chapter 2: Who Started It? Germany
- Chapter 3: Who Started It? Society
- Chapter 4: The Atrocities of War
- Chapter 5: War and the American Economy
- Chapter 6: Arms Sales to the Allies
- Chapter 7: Preparedness
- Chapter 8: U.S. Foreign Policy in the World War I Era
- Chapter 9: German Culture
- Chapter 10: Traitors and Immigrants
- Chapter 11: Pacifism
- Chapter 12: Race and Language
- Chapter 13: Socialism and Labor
- Chapter 14: Joining the War: Arguments of Patriotism and Politics
- Chapter 15: Joining the War: Arguments of Religion and Civilizing Ideals
- Chapter 16: Virtue and War
- Chapter 17: Women and War
- Chapter 18: Free Speech During Wartime
- Chapter 19: War and the Character of the Soldier
- Chapter 20: War and Technology
- Chapter 21: Searching for Peace
- Chapter 22: The League of Nations
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
