The Contents of Table of Contents: Defining Documents in American History: World War I (1914–1919)
Publisher’s Note
Editor’s Introduction
Contributors
Opening Volleys
US Ambassador’s Reaction to Austria’s Ultimatum
Germany’s Appeal to the Americans
US Report on German Atrocities in Belgium
US Statement on the Status of Armed Merchant Vessels
US “Strict Accountability” Warning to Germany
The Sinking of the Lusitania
US Reaction to Allied Protest Regarding German Submarines
Wilson’s “Peace Without Victory” Address
The British Prime Minister on America’s Entry into the War
The German Chancellor on the Prospect of War with the United States
The French Prime Minister on America’s Entry into the War
Former President Taft on America’s Entry into the War
The US Press Office on Actions by US Naval Destroyers
Germany’s Crown Prince Wilhelm’s Assessment of US Troops
A Range of Reactions
War Increases Toy Soldier Sales
Resolutions Adopted by the International Congress of Women
The Failure of German-Americanism
War Is “A Blessing, Not a Curse”–The Case for Why We Must Fight
A Nebraska Senator Opposes US Entry into the War
The Espionage Act of 1917
Walter Lippmann on the War and American Democracy
America First, Now and Hereafter
The Unity of America
German Enemy of US Hanged by Mob
Remarks by Scott Nearing at His Trial
The Sedition Act of 1918
No Negroes Allowed
Outside Influences
Report on Armenian Genocide
US–Mexico Tensions
The Zimmerman Telegram
US Participation in the Archangel Expedition in Russia
War Preparedness
President Woodrow Wilson: “Do Your Bit For America”
A Labor Leader on Military Conscription
The Use of US Railroads During Wartime
A Survey of American War Readiness
The Railway Control Act
Combat Maneuvers
US Ambassador’s Report of German Retreat in France
On the Paris Gun
The Battle of Cantigny
The Battle of Belleau Wood
The Second Battle of the Marne
Soldiers’ Stories
Personal Letter of a Driver at the Front
A Marine Flyer in France
A Marine Corporal’s War Diary
Ernest Hemingway’s Return from the Italian Front
The Story of a Black Infantry Unit
A Soldier’s Letters Home
Diary of a Soldier on the Front Lines in France
Letter from a Private in the Expeditionary Force
Letters Home by a Supply Officer
Diary of an Artillery Soldier at the End of the War
Armistice: The End of the War
Diary of an Ordnance Officer Assigned to Postwar “Cleanup”
Medical Realities
The First Gas Attack
The Effects of Shell Shock
Diary of an Army Private at a Base Hospital
The High Road to Self-Support
An Army Physician on the 1918 Flu Pandemic
A New World
Wilson’s Fourteen Points
John Dewey: “The Social Possibilities of War”
Chronological List
Web Resources
Bibliography