HISTORY 406 : Lecture - History 397
Document Summary
Began 1914, by 1915, the us was the only world power not in the war. Outbreak of the war gave new vision to the moral contrast between the us and. Eisenhower was being trained in tank warfare. Emotional feelings of us= aloofness and detachment. Wilson said americans should be impartial in thought as well as in action : americans proclaimed neutrality, behind the scenes there were various efforts to promote the mediation. Clear victory would go to who could control the seas. Divisive nationalism of the austro hungarian empire. Russia"s drive for access to the mediterranean sea. German changes to uk"s naval commercial supremacy. System of rival alliance formed after franco prussian war. Sense of detachment and aloofness: opposing politicians claimed the us was unprepared. Didn"t have modern opinion public polling yet: november 1914=literary digest got a response from 400 editors. Smaller had sympathies for allies(britain and france) Strong sympathies in the ne than the south.
