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Contributors:

   David M. Kennedy

Publisher:

   Oxford University Press

Place of Publication:

  New York  

Publication Year:

  1982
Subjects:   World War, 1914-1918--United States, United States--History--1913-1921, United States--Social Conditions--1865-1918
Table of contents
Prologue: Spring, 1917 3
1. The War for the American Mind 45
2. The Political Economy of War: The Home Front 93
3. "You're in the Army Now" 144
4. Over There—and Back 191
5. Armistice and Aftermath 231
6. The Political Economy of War: The International Dimension 296
Epilogue: Promises of Glory 348
Bibliography 371
Index 389
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