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The Great War and America

Civil-Military Relations during World War I

By: Nancy Gentile Ford

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The Great War and America

Civil-Military Relations during World War I

By: Nancy Gentile Ford

The First World War marked a key turning point in America's involvement on the global stage. Isolationism fell, and America joined the ranks of the Great Powers. Civil-Military relations faced new challenges as a result. Ford examines the multitude of changes that stemmed from America's first major overseas coalition war, including the new selective service process; mass mobilization of public opinion; training diverse soldiers; civil liberties, anti-war sentiment and conscientious objectors; segregation and warfare; Americans under British or French command. Post war issues of significance, such as the Red Scare and retraining during demobilization are also covered. Both the federal government and the military were expanding rapidly both in terms of size and in terms of power during this time. The new group of citizen-soldiers, diverse in terms of class, religion, ethnicity, regional identity, education, and ideology, would provide training challenges. New government-military-business relationships would experience failures and successes. Delicate relationships with allies would translate into diplomatic considerations and battlefield command concerns.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313352216

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9780313352218

Americans All!

Foreign-born Soldiers in World War I

By: Nancy Gentile Ford

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Americans All!

Foreign-born Soldiers in World War I

By: Nancy Gentile Ford

During the First World War, nearly half a million immigrant draftees from forty-six different nations served in the U.S. Army. This surge of Old World soldiers challenged the American military's cultural, linguistic, and religious traditions and required military leaders to reconsider their training methods for the foreign-born troops. How did the U.S. War Department integrate this diverse group into a united fighting force? The war department drew on the experiences of progressive social welfare reformers, who worked with immigrants in urban settlement houses, and they listened to industrial efficiency experts, who connected combat performance to morale and personnel management. Perhaps most significantly, the military enlisted the help of ethnic community leaders, who assisted in training, socializing, and Americanizing immigrant troops and who pressured the military to recognize and meet the important cultural and religious needs of the ethnic soldiers. These community leaders negotiated the Americanization process by promoting patriotism and loyalty to the United States while retaining key ethnic cultural traditions. Offering an exciting look at an unexplored area of military history, Americans All! Foreign-born Soldiers in World War I constitutes a work of special interest to scholars in the fields of military history, sociology, and ethnic studies. Ford's research illuminates what it meant for the U.S. military to reexamine early twentieth-century nativism; instead of forcing soldiers into a melting pot, war department policies created an atmosphere that made both American and ethnic pride acceptable. During the war, a German officer commented on the ethnic diversity of the American army and noted, with some amazement, that these "semi-Americans" considered themselves to be "true-born sons of their adopted country." The officer was wrong on one count. The immigrant soldiers were not "semi-Americans"; they were "Americans all!

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Texas A&M University Press

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1603441328

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9781603441322

The Great War and America

Civil-Military Relations during World War I

By: Nancy Gentile Ford

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Civil-Military Relations during World War I

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American Pandemic

The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic

By: Nancy K. Bristow

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American Pandemic

The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic

By: Nancy K. Bristow

In 1918-1919 influenza raged around the globe in the worst pandemic in recorded history. Focusing on those closest to the crisis--patients, families, communities, public health officials, nurses and doctors--this book explores the epidemic in the United States.

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296

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OUP USA

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0199811342

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Americans All!

Foreign-born Soldiers in World War I

By: Nancy Gentile Ford

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Americans All!

Foreign-born Soldiers in World War I

By: Nancy Gentile Ford

Offering a look at an unexplored area of military history, Americans All! Foreign-born Soldiers in World War I constitutes a work of special interest to scholars in the fields of military history, sociology, and ethnic studies. Ford's research illuminates what it meant for the U.S. military to reexamine early twentieth-century nativism: instead of forcing soldiers into a melting pot, war department policies created an atmosphere that made both American and ethnic pride acceptable."--BOOK JACKET.

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228

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Texas A&M University Press

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158544118X

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9781585441181

A New Language, A New World

Italian Immigrants in the United States, 1890-1945

By: Nancy C. Carnevale

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A New Language, A New World

Italian Immigrants in the United States, 1890-1945

By: Nancy C. Carnevale

An insightful history of Italian immigrants' personal experience of language in America

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262

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University of Illinois Press

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0252034031

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9780252034039

Baltimore

By: Nancy Jones-Bonbrest,Elizabeth A. Evitts

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Baltimore

By: Nancy Jones-Bonbrest,Elizabeth A. Evitts

Explore museums, shops, and restaurants with local authors who offer behind-the-scenes information about what's happening in Baltimore. From magnificent downtown movie houses to blue crab dinners, Baltimore dishes up a rich cultural history.

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388

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Insiders' Guide (NC)

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0762728353

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9780762728350

The Life of Christ

By: Nancy Grubb

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The Life of Christ

By: Nancy Grubb

The story of Christ is shown as depicted in some of the world's most beautiful paintings, sculpture, stained glass, and illuminated manuscripts, from the early Christian era to the present. Featured artists range from Botticelli to da Vinci, Rubens to Dali. 250 full-color illustrations.

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Abbeville Press

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0789201445

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9780789201447

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The Great War and America

The Great War and America

Americans All!

Americans All!

The Great War and America

The Great War and America

American Pandemic

American Pandemic

Americans All!

Americans All!

A New Language, A New World

A New Language, A New World

Baltimore

Baltimore

The Life of Christ

The Life of Christ

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