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

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.

The Impossible Border: Germany and the East, 1914-1922

The Impossible Border: Germany and the East, 1914-1922The Impossible Border: Germany and the East, 1914-1922 by Annemarie H. Sammartino
ISBN: 9780801479465
Published by Cornell University Press on September 27th 2010
Genres: History, Europe, Germany, Eastern, Social Science, Emigration & Immigration
Pages: 248

Len's Summary: At Versailles, Germany lost 12% of her territory, mainly to a recrudescent Poland. The immense movement of ethnic Germans and Jews from the East helped destabilize the fragile Weimar Republic and stoked the racist proclivities of German conservatives.

Irish Canadian Conflict and the Struggle for Irish Independence, 1912, 1925

Irish Canadian Conflict and the Struggle for Irish Independence, 1912, 1925Irish Canadian Conflict and the Struggle for Irish Independence, 1912, 1925 by Robert McLaughlin
ISBN: 9781442610972
Published by University of Toronto Press on January 11th 2013
Genres: History, Canada, General, Pre-Confederation (to 1867), Modern, 20th Century, Social Science, Emigration & Immigration
Pages: 275

Len's Summary: How Irish- Canadians became actively involved in the Irish struggle for independence that straddled the WWI years.