The Path to War: How the First World War Created Modern America

by Michael S. Neiberg

Book Overview

When war broke out in Europe in August of 1914, it seemed, to observers in the United States, the height of madness. The Old World and its empires were tearing each other apart, and while most Americans blamed the Germans, pitied the Belgians, and felt kinship with the Allies, they wanted no part in the carnage. Two years into war President Woodrow Wilson won re-election by pledging to keep out of the conflict. Yet by the spring of 1917-by which point...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190464968
• ISBN13: 9780190464967
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.3"