War Against War: The American Fight for Peace 1914-1918 - Hardcover

Kazin, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1476705909 ISBN 13: 9781476705903

Verlag: Simon & Schuster USA, 2017

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"War Against War" is a magnificent book that gives opponents of American involvement in World War I, one of the most profoundly destructive conflicts in human history, their due. In elegant and engaging prose, Michael Kazin tells a story about politics, morality, social forces and a fascinating cast of personalities with power and clarity. This is a very important book, at once sobering and inspiring. --E. J. Dionne, Jr., bestselling author of Why the Right Went Wrong"

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The untold story of the movement that came close to keeping the United States out of the First World War. This book is about the Americans who tried to stop their nation from fighting in one of history s most destructive wars and then were hounded by the government when they refused to back down. In the riveting "War Against War," Michael Kazin brings us into the ranks of the largest, most diverse, and most sophisticated peace coalition up to that point in US history. They came from a variety of backgrounds: wealthy and middle and working class, urban and rural, white and black, Christian and Jewish and atheist. They mounted street demonstrations and popular exhibitions, attracted prominent leaders from the labor and suffrage movements, ran peace candidates for local and federal office, and founded new organizations that endured beyond the cause. For almost three years, they helped prevent Congress from authorizing a massive increase in the size of the US army a step advocated by ex-president Theodore Roosevelt. Soon after the end of the Great War, most Americans believed it had not been worth fighting. And when its bitter legacy led to the next world war, the warnings of these peace activists turned into a tragic prophecy and the beginning of a surveillance state that still endures today. "War Against War" is a dramatic account of a major turning point in the history of the United States and the world."

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• Verlag: Simon & Schuster USA
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1476705909
• ISBN 13: 9781476705903
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 378