The Yanks Are Coming Over There: Anglo-Saxonism and American Involvement in the First World War

by Dino Buenviaje

World War I was a global cataclysm that toppled centuries-old dynasties and launched "the American century." Yet at the outset few Americans saw any reason to get involved in yet another conflict among the crowned heads of Europe. Despite its declared neutrality, the U.S. government gradually became more sympathetic with the Allies, until President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany to "make the world safe for democracy."

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476668930
• ISBN13: 9781476668932
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher