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ALLIANCE − Amid the backdrop of lively piano playing, a [...]
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A century ago, American medicine went to war. Amazingly, over just a few months, an entire system of battlefield health care was organized.
More than two dozen countries fought on one side or the other. Can you name them?
George Washington and Thomas Jefferson agreed—beware of permanent alliances. The lesson was not heeded by European nations in the earliest 20th century, and the result was a cataclysm.
As the nation evolved, neutrality eventually gave way to action. A brief history of how America came to participate in ‘The Great War.’
By 1917, American isolation had become untenable. In April, Wilson sought the approval of Congress to go to war. Several key factors played a part in this change of course.
A German victory would have sounded the death knell for European democracy in the form of a neo-Napoleon ruling a continental superstate. Instead, America’s decisive participation preserved democratic norms and foreshadowed the growing international role the United States would play.
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On “land, air, and sea,” the American people could be justifiably proud of the performance of their Marine Corps in World War I.