Nothing Less Than War

Doenecke, Justus D.

doi:10.5810/kentucky/9780813130026.001.0001

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“…German submarine action, U.S. pursuit of Pancho Villa, Japan's perceived Pacific prowess, and a million casualties in the Verdun and Somme campaigns precipitated domestic calls to defend civilization's "innocents." 44 Even the majority of Americans who wanted to avoid war conceded its encroaching perils.…”

Section: Pre-belligerency Radcliffementioning

confidence: 99%

A War Generation?: The Radcliffe College Community in the Great War Era, 1914–1926

McGuire

2020

J. gilded age prog. era

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AbstractOver 2,000 Radcliffe College students, administrators, and alumnae irregularly involved themselves in World War I (WWI) activism. While most matriculating and matriculated Radcliffe members collectively contributed to war work, their individual records illuminate peculiar paradoxes that challenge historical concepts of America's WWI culture. Radcliffe females generally assumed war tasks untethered to their professional experiences and political aspirations. Many undergraduates and graduates contended that they chose, circumscribed and concluded war-connected work at their discretion—not Radcliffe's and/or America's. Moreover, domestic efforts designed to awaken Americans' war patriotism and activity encountered a decidedly dormant and indulgent Cambridge college compound. Not until fall 1918—over a year into U.S. belligerency—did Radcliffe's campus completely mobilize for ‘selfless' war service. Radcliffe's WWI-related chronicles—including its members’ post-hostilities humanitarian activity—suggest that “coercive voluntarism” and “complete citizenship” were not ubiquitous forces in WWI America.

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Section: Pre-belligerency Radcliffementioning

confidence: 99%

A War Generation?: The Radcliffe College Community in the Great War Era, 1914–1926

McGuire

2020

J. gilded age prog. era

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“…To Americans, it seemed that Germany "had deliberately trampled on the rules of civilized warfare, " and many became more outspoken in favor of the Allies. 12 More so than Britain, Germany's behavior in the war offended American citizens, and the challenge of maintaining popular support for neutrality began to take a personal toll on Wilson. As he confi ded in a letter to his friend Mary Allen Hulbert in early 1915, "every bit of my strength has been used, and more than exhausted, by our friends, the people of the United States. "…”

Section: Aggression On the High Seasmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Meanwhile, US news coverage grouped the attacks together, creating the illusion that the Germans were actively attempting to provoke the US into making a declaration of war. 46 Attacks on the clearly marked American oil tanker, the Healdton, and on the armed American steamer Aztec led Wilson to call for a Congressional assembly. 47 Th e Germans' apparent disregard for neutrality, property rights, and even human life repelled Wilson from any further attempts to negotiate with them.…”

Section: The Tipping Pointmentioning

confidence: 99%