America and the Great War
Subtitle: a Library of Congress illustrated history
By: Margaret E. Wagner ; introduction by David M. Kennedy ; Athena Angelos, picture editor
Contributors: Kennedy, David M., author of introduction; Angelos, Athena, editor of pictures; Library of Congress
Publisher: Bloomsbury Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
ISBN-13: 9781620409824
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Pictorial works
Description: Chronicles the United States' role in World War I, presenting events and arguments, political and military battles, and epic achievements that marked the nation's involvement.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-358) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: 1912-July 1914: a new age and a new president; title: August 1914-December 1915: America, the exemplar of peace; title: January 1916-January 1917: "He kept us out of war"; title: February-December, 1917: "The Yanks are coming"; title: 1918: For victory and lasting peace; title: Epilogue; title: Appendix: World War I collections at the Library of Congress.