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Historians on the Homefront : American Propagandists for the Great War / [by] George T. Blakey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blakey, George T.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historians--United States.
- Historians.
- World War, 1914-1918--United States.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1914-1918--Propaganda.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (177 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1970.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- When Woodrow Wilson called on the American people to mobilize for war in April 1917, it was hardly surprising that historians should respond to their one-time colleague. Mobilization produced three organizations staffed by many of America's leading historians. All three organizations, the author shows, viewed as their task the mobilizing of America's intellectual resources in support of Wilson's war policies.The postwar decade saw an inevitable cooling of wartime passions and a reevaluation of the causes of the war. George T. Blakey examines the postwar reaction to the activities of the CPI, N
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; I: The Dilemma of War; II: Mobilizing the Historians; III: Professors & Pamphlets; IV: Using & Abusing Oratory; V: Historians as Censors; VI: In & Out of the Classroom; VII: Criticisms & Conclusions; Bibliographical Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780813185842
- 081318584X
- 9780813162140
- 0813162149
- OCLC:
- 900345130
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