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Defining Documents in American History: World War I (1914–1919)

Table of Contents

Publisher’s Note




Editor’s Introduction




Contributors




Opening Volleys




US Ambassador’s Reaction to Austria’s Ultimatum




Germany’s Appeal to the Americans




US Report on German Atrocities in Belgium




US Statement on the Status of Armed Merchant Vessels




US “Strict Accountability” Warning to Germany




The Sinking of the Lusitania




US Reaction to Allied Protest Regarding German Submarines




Wilson’s “Peace Without Victory” Address




The British Prime Minister on America’s Entry into the War




The German Chancellor on the Prospect of War with the United States




The French Prime Minister on America’s Entry into the War




Former President Taft on America’s Entry into the War




The US Press Office on Actions by US Naval Destroyers




Germany’s Crown Prince Wilhelm’s Assessment of US Troops




A Range of Reactions




War Increases Toy Soldier Sales




Resolutions Adopted by the International Congress of Women




The Failure of German-Americanism




War Is “A Blessing, Not a Curse”—The Case for Why We Must Fight




A Nebraska Senator Opposes US Entry into the War




The Espionage Act of 1917




Walter Lippmann on the War and American Democracy




America First, Now and Hereafter




The Unity of America




German Enemy of US Hanged by Mob




Remarks by Scott Nearing at His Trial




The Sedition Act of 1918




No Negroes Allowed




Outside Influences




Report on Armenian Genocide




US–Mexico Tensions




The Zimmerman Telegram




US Participation in the Archangel Expedition in Russia




War Preparedness




President Woodrow Wilson: “Do Your Bit For America”




A Labor Leader on Military Conscription




The Use of US Railroads During Wartime




A Survey of American War Readiness




The Railway Control Act




Combat Maneuvers




US Ambassador’s Report of German Retreat in France




On the Paris Gun




The Battle of Cantigny




The Battle of Belleau Wood




The Second Battle of the Marne




Soldiers’ Stories




Personal Letter of a Driver at the Front




A Marine Flyer in France




A Marine Corporal’s War Diary




Ernest Hemingway’s Return from the Italian Front




The Story of a Black Infantry Unit




A Soldier’s Letters Home




Diary of a Soldier on the Front Lines in France




Letter from a Private in the Expeditionary Force




Letters Home by a Supply Officer




Diary of an Artillery Soldier at the End of the War




Armistice: The End of the War




Diary of an Ordnance Officer Assigned to Postwar “Cleanup”




Medical Realities




The First Gas Attack




The Effects of Shell Shock




Diary of an Army Private at a Base Hospital




The High Road to Self-Support




An Army Physician on the 1918 Flu Pandemic




A New World




Wilson’s Fourteen Points




John Dewey: “The Social Possibilities of War”




Chronological List




Web Resources




Bibliography