Why we fought / C. Hartley Grattan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grattan, C. Hartley (Clinton Hartley), 1902-1980.

Contributor:

R. Norris Williams World War I Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--United States.

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1914-1918--Causes.

World War, 1914-1918--Propaganda.

Propaganda.

United States--Foreign relations--1913-1921.

United States.

International relations.

Penn Provenance:

Williams, Richard Norris, 2nd (bookplate) (former owner) (RBC copy)

Williams, Richard Norris, 2nd, Mrs. (donor) (RBC copy)

Rascoe, Burton, 1892-1957 (inscription) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Grattan, C. Hartley (Clinton Hartley), 1902-1980 (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xv pages, 1 unnumbered page, 453 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm

Manufacture:

[New York] : Manufactured in the United States of America by the H. Wolff Estate.

Place of Publication:

New York : The Vanguard Press, [1929]

Contents:

Part I. The outbreak of the war in Europe; The propaganda; Economics

Part II. General introduction to the diplomacy; Colonel House in Europe 1914; First attempts at mediation; Beginning of the British "Blockade"; House in Europe: 1915; Secret treaties; The German submarine campaign to the Sussex Pledge; Gestures against the British "Blockade"; The House-Grey Agreement; The campaign of 1916; The peace negotiations of 1916; The declaration of war.

Notes:

With half-title.

Title printed within single-ruled border.

"Copyright 1929 by the Vanguard Press."

"The subject of this book is the entrance of the United States into the World War against Germany ... In fact the whole purpose of this book is to get behind the rationalizations that have been current for the last ten years and which have been written into most history books, and try to discover the real forces at work."--Preface.

Black cloth boards; ruled in red and lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. Top edge stained red.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [411]-420) and index.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy inscribed "For Burton Rascoe one of the first to publish my stuff. C. Harley Grattan".

Culture Class Collection copy has list of additional books for bibliography written in ms.

OCLC:

1134516