Scott H. Bennett, Charles F. Howlett, "Antiwar Dissent and Peace Activism in World War I America: A Documentary Reader"English | 2014 | ISBN: 0803240112 | PDF | pages: 398 | 13.0 mb
World War I was a watershed in modern world history. On the battlefield, millions were slaughtered by chemical warfare, machine guns, and trench warfare-and this senseless bloodletting remains the most enduring legacy of the Great War. Critical to understanding the war's significance is the often-overlooked emergence of a "modern" dynamic grassroots peace movement that both opposed war and sought to abolish its social causes.