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Author Bettez, David J., 1952- author.

Title Kentucky and the Great War : World War I on the home front / David J. Bettez
Published Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2016
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Description 1 online resource
Series Topics in Kentucky history
Topics in Kentucky history.
Contents War breaks out! -- Kentucky joins the Great War -- The Kentucky Council of Defense -- Opposition to the war -- The draft -- Army camps -- Food and Fuel Administration -- Women and children -- African Americans -- The economy -- Religion -- Higher education -- "Over there" -- End of the war and aftermath
Summary This work focuses primarily on the Kentucky home front during World War I. It describes how Kentuckians responded to the outbreak of the war in Europe and their response after the United States entered the war in April 1917
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject World War, 1914-1918 -- Kentucky
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
SUBJECT Kentucky -- History, Military -- 20th century
Subject Kentucky
Genre/Form Electronic books
Military history
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2016031637
ISBN 9780813168029
0813168023
9780813168036
0813168031
0813178509
9780813178509
0813168783
9780813168784