America's Great War: World War I and the American Experience (Critical Issues in American History)

America's Great War: World War I and the American Experience (Critical Issues in American History) by Zieger, Robert. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780847696444.

Recent bestsellers by Niall Ferguson and John Keegan have created tremendous popular interest in World War I. In Americas Great War prominent historian Robert H. Zieger examines the causes, prosecution, and legacy of this bloody conflict from a frequently overlooked perspective, that of American involvement. This is the first book to illuminate both Americas dramatic influence on the war and the wars considerable impact upon our nation. Ziegers engaging narrative provides vivid descriptions of the famous battles and diplomatic maneuvering, while also chronicling Americas rise to prominence within the postwar world. On the domestic front, Zieger details how the war forever altered American politics and society by creating the National Security State, generating powerful new instruments of social control, bringing about innovative labor and social welfare programs, and redefining civil liberties and race relations. Americas Great War promises to become the definitive history of America and World War I.