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The American Library Association and World War I
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The Value of Holidays in World War I America
<p>World War I affected what people valued, which in turn impacted American celebrations of the Fourth of July and Christmas. These two holidays became patriotic ways to demonstrate unswerving loyalty to the U.S. government, with charitable pursuits, parties, and even meals altered due to the need …
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The Development of Germany's Polish Policy During World War I
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War sirens: how the sheet music industry sold World War I
During World War I the U.S. Committee on Public Information (CPI) sponsored a national culture of war in posters, speeches, and films. Against this war-soaked cultural backdrop, the sheet music industry echoed the pervasive messages of the CPI, often using images of women to appeal to the American …
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"What alternative punishment is there?": Military Executions During World War I
… process in all the major armies during the First World War. Yet serious historians have neglected the subject. This thesis addresses the topic in a critical manner and challenges the view that executions were arbitrary, reflecting a distant and uncaring High Command. Analysis of military and …
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Patriot, Pet, and Pest: America Debates the Dog's Worth During World War I
<p>During World War I, dogs held a contradictory place in American society. These animals functioned simultaneously as patriots, pets, and pests. This essay surveys the ways in which dogs either contributed to the war effort or seemed to subvert it through their uselessness as companion animals and …
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Structures of the Sensible: Smelling and Tasting the Text after World War I
The period following the First World War profoundly challenged the familiar structures of the human sensorium: the global aftershocks of the war and the mass production of new technologies of perception produced countless new sensations. The rise of synthetic chemistry exposed the nose and tongue …
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"Unusual Demands of this Unusual Time": Logansport State Hospital and World War I
… capacity. These problems worsened during World War I and the years immediately following, hindering the hospital’s ability to care for its patients. In response to these challenges, the hospital administration was forced to adapt in order to conserve resources. Using state and hospital …
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The American Expeditionary Forces in World War I: The Rock of the Marne.
<p>American participation in the First World War developed slowly throughout 1917 to a mighty torrent during the last six months of the war. United States participation undoubtedly helped not only repel but to stop all German assaults on the Western Front: it had substantially aided in defeating …
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British Policy Toward the German Navy in the Aftermath of World War I
One much heralded cause of World War I has been cited as the intense naval rivalry between Britain and Germany. Various historians have stressed the destruction of German sea power as an important goal of British policy. Unfortunately no writer has ever described in depth how the German Navy was …
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Jews under fire: the Jewish community and military service in World War I Britain
… masculinity, conditioned by the pressures of war. It was to create significant dislocation, both in the traditional relationship between Jews and the State, and within the Jewish community.<br/><br/>The negative stereotype of the Jewish male, which emerged in fin de siècle, is examined from …
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A Comparative Study of America's Entries into World War I and World War II.
… America's entries into the First and Second World Wars to discover similarities and dissimilarities. Comparing America's entries into the World Wars provides an insight into major events that influenced future ones and changed America.</p><p>Research was conducted from primary sources of …
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They will not be the same: themes of modernity in Britain during World War I
… changes which occurred in Britain as the Great War ushered in the modern age. Modern usage of propaganda, the weakening of institutional values, cynicism, and alienation are explored as specific attributes of modernity. Propaganda posters are examined, as are the experiences of British soldiers …
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The patriotic impact of World War I on the Texas Posten, a Swedish-language newspaper
… newspaper, was in its 18th year when world war erupted in Europe. Like many Americans around the country, Texas Swedes heeded President Wilson's words of neutrality and later his encouragement of the Allied cause. When the United States entered the war in April 1917, the federal …
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Red Cross Nursing in World War I: North Dakota Women's Response to the Call to Serve
… United States Army and Navy Nurse Corps during World War I as Red Cross Reserve nurses. In 1935 the North Dakota American Legion Auxiliary collected and compiled, in manuscript form, brief biographies of these women and placed the manuscript at the North Dakota State Library in Bismarck. This …
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Deeds, Not Words: African American Officers of World War I in the Battle for Racial Equality
… officer training camp, these men's training and wartime experiences during World War I, and their post-war contributions fighting discrimination and injustice. These officers returned to America disillusioned with the nation's progress towards civil rights. Their leadership roles in the military …
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