Title The United States of America as an emerging world power, 1890-1920 / Frederick William Dame

Published Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, [2003] ©2003

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Description ix, 324 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Series Studies in American history ; v. 50 Studies in American history (Lewiston, N.Y.) ; v. 50 Contents Machine derived contents note: FOREWORD i -- COMMENDATORY PREFACE v -- EPIGRAM ix -- -- CHAPTER ONE LEITMOTIF -- Proem 2 -- The Monroe Doctrine and its Corollaries 6 -- The Case of the De L6me Letter as a Precedence to War Fever and the -- Zimmermann Telegram 11 -- The Policy of Isolationism was not Isolationism 20 -- The Question of Neutrality as United States Foreign Policy 24 -- The Legalistics of Neutrality 25 -- The Date of Birth as an International Power 31 -- -- -- -- CHAPTER TWO NEUTRALITY AND THE BEGINNNG OF WAR 33 -- President Wilson's Initial Position on Neutrality 34 -- American Public Opinion: Pros and Cons 41 -- The Special Situation of Belgian Neutrality 46 -- The Background to a French Violation of Belgian Neutrality 51 -- -- -- -- CHAPTER THREE VOCIFEROUS OVERTURES 61 -- The German Presentation 62 -- Invectives in the United States 76 -- Initial War Reports: A German Example - Entry into Brussels 84 -- Initial War Reports: An American/British Example - -- The Burning of Louvain 86 -- Vying for American Support: Economics, Wilson's Neutrality, -- Public Opinion 93 -- -- -- -- -- -- CHAPTER FOUR THE PART PLAYED BY PROPAGANDA 109 -- Official British Propaganda 110 -- The Bryce Report and Concurrent, Aidful Accounts 112 -- The Stage, the Emerging Film Industry, and Manufactured News 124 -- French Propaganda 127 -- The German Propaganda Apparatus 130 -- German Measures Against Enemy Propaganda 136 -- Propaganda in The United States 139 -- The Work of George Edward Creel 145 -- Propaganda and Poison Gas 150 -- The Effects of Propaganda in Perspective 155 -- -- -- -- CHAPTER FIVE SEA WARFARE AND AMERICAN BUSINEss 159 -- The Role of the British Sea Blockade 161 -- The Importance of the American Economy 169 -- -- -- -- CHAPTER SIX FROM GERMAN SUBMARINE WARFARE TO THE AMERICAN -- DECLARATION OF WAR 177 -- German Submarine Warfare and the Sinking of the Lusitania 179 -- Attempts at Mediation and Maintaining Neutrality Fail 197 -- Germany Underestimates America's Readiness Capability 199 -- The Contribution of Afro-Americans 208 -- The Zimmermann Telegram 214 -- Friedrich List and German Attempts at Aggrandizement Behind the -- Zimmermann Telegram 222 -- President Wilson's Conscience 228 -- Senator Norris Takes The Floor 233 -- Senator La Follette Takes The Floor 236 -- Representative Kitchen Dissents 238 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- CHAPTER SEVEN ASSESSMENT 241 -- Propaganda and Participation 242 -- Underlying Factors and Circumstances of American Involvement in -- World War I 247 -- War Fever and the Quest for International Power 251 -- Encountering False Pride and Fantasies of Megalomania 254 -- America's Roots as an International Power 259 -- -- -- -- CLOSING EPIGRAPH 266 -- -- -- -- APPENDIX I -- A Chronology of Events Leading to the Entry of the United States of America -- into World War I on 6 April 1917 and its Birth as an International Power 267 -- -- APPENDIX II -- Peace Without Victory -- President Woodrow Wilson's Speech to the United States Senate on -- January 22, 1917 274 -- -- APPENDIX III -- War Message -- President Woodrow Wilson's Speech to the Joint Session of Congress on -- April 2, 1917 280 -- -- APPENDIX IV -- Speech (Excerpted) by George Norris, Senator from Nebraska on -- April 4, 1917 287 -- -- APPENDIX V -- Speech (Excerpted) by Robert M. La Follette, Senator from Wisconsin on -- April 4, 1917 292 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- APPENDIX VI -- President Wilson's Fourteen Points made public on January 8, 1918 Former -- President Theodore Roosevelt's Counter-Arguments and Criticisms 301 -- -- -- -- BIBLIOGRAPHY 309 -- -- INDEX 3 17 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-316) and index Subject Allied and Associated Powers (1914-1920) Neutrality -- United States -- History -- 19th century. Neutrality -- United States -- History -- 20th century. World War, 1914-1918 -- United States. World War, 1914-1918 -- Diplomatic history. SUBJECT United States -- Foreign relations -- 1865-1921. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140083 United States -- Foreign relations -- Philosophy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88003959 LC no. 2003061413 ISBN 0773466010 088946099X series

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