German military leaders seek immediate cease fire rather than risk an invasion and destruction of their homeland. Lenin challenges the Allies to make their war aims clear instead of negotiating secret territorial exchanges. Wilson proposes Fourteen ...
President Woodrow Wilson's vision clashes with the hard realities of international politics at the Paris Peace Conference. He compromises territorial settlements in the Far East and Poland in order to save the idea of the League of Nations.
General John Pershing is concerned about the effectiveness of the Allied war plan and pushes to gain control over a specific sector of the battle for U.S. troops. Such an approach will highlight the significance of the United States' contribution an...
The Russian revolution in the fall of 1917 creates new opportunities for Germany in World War I. The Germans launch a series of offensives drives in an attempt to reach Paris before U. S. troops arrive. However, the arrival of U. S. troops in June a...
Initial fear that Depression conditions will return at end of World War II proves unfounded. Government spending drops but consumer demand more than makes up for it. Returning GIs want to get back to a normal life. People look forward to being able ...
In Post World War I America, the country plunges into recession once industries lose their government contracts. This results in union strikes and race riots where African Americans, Socialist, and unions are targeted. Lynching of African Americans ...
President Wilson asks Congress for declaration of war on April 2, 1917. The United States transforms itself into a society capable of waging total war in 18 months. Wilson and Congress agree to institute a national draft. African Americans see advan...
Across the Atlantic, Americans look with horror at the carnage in Europe. Wilson believes that it was the system of secret alliances that led to the war, and that all of the participants are equally responsible. As the war becomes more brutal, publi...
Europe in 1914 is a complex system of competing alliances led by two opposing forces: Great Britain on one side and Germany on the other. When the heir to the Austria-Hungarian Empire Archduke Franz Ferdinand is gunned down by a Serbian nationalist,...
Economic realities in the second year of World War I make it difficult for the United States to maintain its neutrality. Roosevelt encourages the U. S. to enter the war on side of allies, a minority opinion. In the election of 1916, Republican candi...