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Making America, A History of the United States
Making America, Third Edition
Carol Berkin, Baruch College, City University of New York
Christopher L. Miller, The University of Texas, Pan American
Robert W. Cherny, San Francisco State University
James L. Gormly, Washington and Jefferson College
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Chapter 22: The United States in a World at War, 1913-1920
Kendrick A. Clements. The Presidency of
Woodrow Wilson (1992).
The best one-volume treatment of Wilson's presidency;
more than half is devoted to foreign-policy matters and the war.
Frank Freidel. Over There: The Story of
America’s First Great Overseas Crusade, rev. ed. (1990).
A vivid survey of American participation in
the fighting in Europe, with many firsthand accounts.
D. Clayton James and Anne Sharp Wells, America
and the Great War, 1914-1920 (1998).
A good, recent, and concise treatment of the
fighting and the home front.
Thomas J. Knock. To End All Wars: Woodrow
Wilson and the Quest for a New World Order (1992).
Traces the development of Wilson's thinking
about international politics.
Sinclair Lewis. Main Street (1920; several
reprint editions).
An absorbing novel about a woman’s dissatisfaction
with her life and her decision to work in Washington during the war.
Erich Maria Remarque. All Quiet on the Western
Front, (1929; several translations and reprint editions).
The classic and moving novel about World War
I, seen through German eyes.
Barbara W. Tuchman. The Guns of August (1962;
several reprint editions).
A popular and engaging account of the outbreak
of the war, focusing on events in Europe.
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