America’s Great War: World War I and the American Experience by Robert

Americas Great fight World War I and the American Experience by Robert H. Zieger In the book, Americas Great War World War I and the American Experience, Robert H. Zieger discusses the events between 1914 through 1920 forever defined the unite States in the Twentieth Century. When conflict broke out in Europe in 1914, the President, Woodrow Wilson, along with the American people wished to remain neutral. In the beginning of the Twentieth Century United States politics was still based on the isolationism ideals of the previous century. The United States did non wish to be involved in European politics or initiation matters. The U.S. goal was to expand trade and commerce throughout the universe and protect the borders of North America.The American belief at the beginning of the state of war was that it would be short conflict reminiscent of the fight between Germany and France in 1870(Zieger, 9). At the time both the Allies and the Central Powers, along with Americans, miscalcul ated the tint the involvement of American forces could have for either side. The U.S. Navy was expanded and upgraded during the administration of Theodore Roosevelt but the Army was still a minimal force. To keep with the confessedly disinterest the United States initially refused to aid either side with supplies or economic assistance. Once the battles became entrenched and a war of attrition began, the European nations continued to look toward the United States for aid. As American financial institutions and exporters desire guidance from Wilsons administration they received a different response short term loans and credits by American financial institutions to belligerents in connection with trade were acceptable (Zieger, 11). Americans could not over look the potential drop economic boost that could be achieved by supplying the European nations with food, supplies and weapons orders universe requested. Both sides accepted the United States aid but they also seek to cut-o ff each others supply chain. objet dart the Allies stop Germanys ports with the British Navy, Germany began attacking merchant ships using their submarines, or U-boats. While Wilson was angered by the British tactics he was even much infuriated by the Germans. This would be the ultimate end of U.S. neutrality as Wilson would sternly address Germanys actions and not Britains. In 1915 a German U-boat sank a Brit... ... to be President afterwards. His unwillingness to compromise with the Senate caused the treaty of Versailles along with the League of Nations never to be ratified by the United States. The notion of the League of Nations that won Wilson a Noble field pansy Prize in 1920 was never joined his own country.After the alternative of 1920 America would return to its isolationism roots and watch as the nations of Europe headed fell a path for another world war. As Americans watched Communism bear in Russia they questioned for the first time the patronage of their fellow Americans. Economic and well-disposed reforms that started up during the war were set to a status-quo mentality. The actions set forward from the Treaty of Versailles and stance the U.S. Congress took on the League of Nations would eventually lead the world in the worst depression ever and ultimately to a back world war in a mere twenty years. kit and boodle CitedZieger, Robert H. (2000). Americas Great War World War I and the American Experience. Lanham, MD Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc.Davidson, J. (Ed.). (2002). Nation of nations A concise narrative of the American republic. (3rd ed., Vol. 2). New York McGraw-Hill