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The Great War and America: Civil-Military Relations during World War I

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The Great War and America: Civil-Military Relations during World War IThe Great War and America: Civil-Military Relations during World War I by Nancy Gentile Ford
ISBN: 0275981991
Published by Praeger Security International on February 28th 2008
Genres: History, Military, World War I, United States, Civil War Period (1850-1877), 20th Century
Pages: 191

Len's Summary: Starting with the preparedness movement, Ms. Ford traces civil-military relations in America through the draft and training of citizen soldiers, mobilization of public opinion and suppression of dissent, the application of science and technology through demobilization and reemployment starting in 1919. Documents include the Sedition Act of 1918. The author also wrote Americans All: Foreign Born soldiers in World War I (Greenwood 2001).

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Americans All!: Foreign-Born Soldiers in World War I

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Americans All!: Foreign-Born Soldiers in World War IAmericans All!: Foreign-Born Soldiers in World War I by Nancy Gentile Ford
ISBN: 9781603441322
Published by Texas A&M University Press on January 1st 2001
Genres: History, Military, General, World War I, United States, 20th Century, Social Science, Emigration & Immigration, Ethnic Studies
Pages: 214

Len's Summary: New paperback edition of a book nominated for the Army Historical Association Distinguished Book Award for 2001. A surge of immigrant draftees in 1917 permanently challenged the way the US Army approached citizenship training.

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