Title: The great departure ;
Authors: Smith, Daniel Malloy,
Date: 1965
Publisher: J. Wiley,
Physical description: xiii, 221 pages : maps ; 22 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: E
Abstract: A short history of American involvement in WWI, from initial confusion and neutrality, to eventual rejection of isolationism, to entry into the war, to the final refusal to sign the Versailles Treaty or participate in the League of Nations.
Contents: The shock of war -- American interests and the World War -- Trade and blockade -- America and the u-boat -- Mediation and belligerency -- The moral leader of the world -- A victory for collective security -- The Russian problem and the peace conference -- The struggle for an enduring peace -- The defeat of the treaty.
Subject headings (LCSH): United States--Foreign relations--1913-1921.; World War, 1914-1918--United States.