Written for the U.S. Center of Military History, this article explores the military lessons learned by the deployment of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I. Read about the problems involved in training a fighting force for a major conflict.

U.S. History is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of most introductory courses. The text provides a balanced approach to U.S. history, considering the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States from both the top down (politics, economics, diplomacy) and bottom up (eyewitness accounts, lived experience). U.S. History covers key forces that form the American experience, with particular attention to issues of race, class, and gender.Senior Contributing AuthorsP. Scott Corbett, Ventura CollegeVolker Janssen, California State University, FullertonJohn M. Lund, Keene State CollegeTodd Pfannestiel, Clarion UniversityPaul Vickery, Oral Roberts UniversitySylvie Waskiewicz

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A New Home Front
From War to Peace
Demobilization and Its Difficult Aftermath

Contains an essay on the "domestic tensions which may have affected diplomatic decision making in 1914."