New York And The First World War

Author : Ross J. Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317087700

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New York and the First World War by Ross J. Wilson Pdf

The First World War constitutes a point in the history of New York when its character and identity were challenged, recast and reinforced. Due to its pre-eminent position as a financial and trading centre, its role in the conflict was realised far sooner than elsewhere in the United States. This book uses city, state and federal archives, newspaper reports, publications, leaflets and the well-established ethnic press in the city at the turn of the century to explore how the city and its citizens responded to their role in the First World War, from the outbreak in August 1914, through the official entry of the United States in to the war in 1917, and after the cessation of hostilities in the memorials and monuments to the conflict. The war and its aftermath forever altered politics, economics and social identities within the city, but its import is largely obscured in the history of the twentieth century. This book therefore fills an important gap in the histories of New York and the First World War.

Author : Steven H Jaffe
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780465029709

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New York at War by Steven H Jaffe Pdf

Stretching from the colonial era to 9/11 and beyond, New York at War is that most rare of books: a work of history that is at once local and international, timely and timeless. Bringing a unique lens to bear on the world's most celebrated and contested city, Jaffe reveals the unimaginable ways the city has changed -- and how it has stubbornly endured -- under threats both external and internal.

Author : Aaron Noble,Keith Swaney,Vicki Weiss
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438467801

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A Spirit of Sacrifice by Aaron Noble,Keith Swaney,Vicki Weiss Pdf

Author : Niall Ferguson
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008-08-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786725298

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The Pity of War by Niall Ferguson Pdf

In The Pity of War, Niall Ferguson makes a simple and provocative argument: that the human atrocity known as the Great War was entirely England's fault. Britain, according to Ferguson, entered into war based on naïve assumptions of German aims—and England's entry into the war transformed a Continental conflict into a world war, which they then badly mishandled, necessitating American involvement. The war was not inevitable, Ferguson argues, but rather the result of the mistaken decisions of individuals who would later claim to have been in the grip of huge impersonal forces.That the war was wicked, horrific, inhuman,is memorialized in part by the poetry of men like Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, but also by cold statistics. More British soldiers were killed in the first day of the Battle of the Somme than Americans in the Vietnam War; indeed, the total British fatalities in that single battle—some 420,000—exceeds the entire American fatalities for both World Wars. And yet, as Ferguson writes, while the war itself was a disastrous folly, the great majority of men who fought it did so with enthusiasm. Ferguson vividly brings back to life this terrifying period, not through dry citation of chronological chapter and verse but through a series of brilliant chapters focusing on key ways in which we now view the First World War.For anyone wanting to understand why wars are fought, why men are willing to fight them, and why the world is as it is today, there is no sharper nor more stimulating guide than Niall Ferguson's The Pity of War.

Author : Stephen Broadberry,Mark Harrison
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2005-09-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139448352

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The Economics of World War I by Stephen Broadberry,Mark Harrison Pdf

This unique volume offers a definitive new history of European economies at war from 1914 to 1918. It studies how European economies mobilised for war, how existing economic institutions stood up under the strain, how economic development influenced outcomes and how wartime experience influenced post-war economic growth. Leading international experts provide the first systematic comparison of economies at war between 1914 and 1918 based on the best available data for Britain, Germany, France, Russia, the USA, Italy, Turkey, Austria-Hungary and the Netherlands. The editors' overview draws some stark lessons about the role of economic development, the importance of markets and the damage done by nationalism and protectionism. A companion volume to the acclaimed The Economics of World War II, this is a major contribution to our understanding of total war.

Author : Guaranty Trust Company of New York
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1918
Category : Debts, Public
ISBN : UOM:39015078050716

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The Victory Drive by Guaranty Trust Company of New York Pdf

Author : Kevin C. Fitzpatrick
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781493028047

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World War I New York by Kevin C. Fitzpatrick Pdf

In 1917 one million soldiers, sailors, and Marines departed for France to fight in World War I from New York. The city was an important hub during the war as the recruiting and patriotic efforts continued. Following the Armistice in 1918, more memorials were erected to veterans than for any other event, even the Civil War. Now on the centennial, explore more than 50 locations in New York that have ties to The Great War and tell the stories behind each.

Author : David M. Kennedy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2004-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0195173996

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Over Here by David M. Kennedy Pdf

With a new Afterword, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Kennedy reveals how the First World War's legacy of Wilsonian idealism is reflected today in President George W. Bush's National Security Strategy.

Author : Robert Gerwarth
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141976365

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The Vanquished by Robert Gerwarth Pdf

'This war is not the end but the beginning of violence. It is the forge in which the world will be hammered into new borders and new communities. New molds want to be filled with blood, and power will be wielded with a hard fist.' Ernst Jünger (1918) For the Western allies 11 November 1918 has always been a solemn date - the end of fighting which had destroyed a generation, and also a vindication of a terrible sacrifice with the total collapse of their principal enemies: the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire. But for much of the rest of Europe this was a day with no meaning, as a continuing, nightmarish series of conflicts engulfed country after country. In this highly original, gripping book Robert Gerwarth asks us to think again about the true legacy of the First World War. In large part it was not the fighting on the Western front which proved so ruinous to Europe's future, but the devastating aftermath, as countries on both sides of the original conflict were wrecked by revolution, pogroms, mass expulsions and further major military clashes. If the War itself had in most places been a struggle purely between state-backed soldiers, these new conflicts were mainly about civilians and paramilitaries, and millions of people died across central, eastern, and south-eastern Europe before the USSR and a series of rickety and exhausted small new states came into being. Everywhere there were vengeful people, their lives racked by a murderous sense of injustice, and looking for the opportunity to take retribution against enemies real and imaginary. Only a decade later, the rise of the Third Reich and other totalitarian states provided them with the opportunity they had been looking for.

Author : Jere Clemens King
Publisher : Springer
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781349004553

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First World War by Jere Clemens King Pdf

Author : John Strausbaugh
Publisher : Twelve
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781455567461

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Victory City by John Strausbaugh Pdf

From John Strausbaugh, author of City of Sedition and The Village, comes the definitive history of Gotham during the World War II era. New York City during World War II wasn't just a place of servicemen, politicians, heroes, G.I. Joes and Rosie the Riveters, but also of quislings and saboteurs; of Nazi, Fascist, and Communist sympathizers; of war protesters and conscientious objectors; of gangsters and hookers and profiteers; of latchkey kids and bobby-soxers, poets and painters, atomic scientists and atomic spies. While the war launched and leveled nations, spurred economic growth, and saw the rise and fall of global Fascism, New York City would eventually emerge as the new capital of the world. From the Gilded Age to VJ-Day, an array of fascinating New Yorkers rose to fame, from Mayor Fiorello La Guardia to Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, Langston Hughes to Joe Louis, to Robert Moses and Joe DiMaggio. In Victory City, John Strausbaugh returns to tell the story of New York City's war years with the same richness, depth, and nuance he brought to his previous books, City of Sedition and The Village, providing readers with a groundbreaking new look into the greatest city on earth during the most transformative -- and costliest -- war in human history.

Author : Don Tyler
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781440839979

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Music of the First World War by Don Tyler Pdf

This book discusses WWI-era music in a historical context, explaining music's importance at home and abroad during WWI as well as examining what music was being sung, played, and danced to during the years prior to America's involvement in the Great War. Why was music so important to soldiers abroad during World War I? What role did music—ranging from classical to theater music, rags, and early jazz—play on the American homefront? Music of the First World War explores the tremendous importance of music during the years of the Great War—when communication technologies were extremely limited and music often took the place of connecting directly with loved ones or reminiscing via recorded images. The book's chapters cover music's contribution to the war effort; the variety of war-related songs, popular hits, and top recording artists of the war years; the music of Broadway shows and other theater productions; and important composers and lyricists. The author also explores the development of the fledgling recording industry at this time.

Author : Michael G. Carew
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780739190500

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The Impact of the First World War on U.S. Policymakers by Michael G. Carew Pdf

The Impact of the First World War on U.S. Policymakers: American Strategic and Foreign Policy Formulation, 1938–1942 recounts the formulation of American foreign and defense policies through an examination of the background of the policymakers, with specific emphasis on the World War I experience. In the period from 1938 to 1942, with scant military resources, the American government began preparations for possible entry into a war against the Axis alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan. The formulation of strategic and foreign policy, based upon American perceptions and methods that would permit optimal success in war, were critical to the effort.

Author : Scott Wolford
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108426015

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The Politics of the First World War by Scott Wolford Pdf

This analytical history of World War I offers a rigorous yet accessible training in game theory, and a survey of modern political science research.

Author : Robert Swanson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 826 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2000-02
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780979108518

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Domestic United States Military Facilities of the First World War 1917-1919 by Robert Swanson Pdf

This book attempts to list every place in the United States and Territories where soldiers, sailors, or marines might have been stationed during the First World War. The reason for such a list is to provide source locations and checklists for postal history (letters and cards) from these military men. The book lists all fixed, land-based United States military camps and facilities that operated during the War period. There has long been a need for such a listing, as it was not known where military mail could have originated within the US.