World War I
To understand the Great War it is not sufficient to read the daily happenings of military and naval events as they are told in newspapers and magazines. We must go back of the facts of to-day and find in national history and personal ambition the causes of the present struggle...
There are two kinds of problems which must be solved by the American people before permanent peace conditions can be established. One group of problems is composed of internatio...
1. Chapter 1To understand the Great War it is not sufficient to read the daily happenings of military and naval events as they are told in newspapers and magazines. We must go back of the f...
14. Chapter 14PART OF THE NAVY SENT TO EUROPE.--One of the first things done after our entrance into the war was to send a considerable part of our navy to Europe, not only battleships to aug...
8. Chapter 8GERMAN PLAN OF ATTACK.--As soon as the German leaders had determined upon war, their military machine was set in motion. The plan was first to attack France and crush her armies...
13. Chapter 13RUSSIA MAKES A SEPARATE PEACE.--Only in Russia was this German peace offensive a success. In the last chapter we saw how in the latter part of 1917 the Bolsheviki had gained con...
11. Chapter 11THE WESTERN FRONT.--During the winter of 1916-1917 there was little infantry warfare in France, although the heavy guns kept up their cannonades. In the spring of 1917 the Allie...
9. Chapter 9THE WESTERN FRONT.--The deadlock which existed on the western front at the close of 1914 continued with little change during the year 1915. There were indeed many contests which...
10. Chapter 10"THEY SHALL NOT PASS!"--Early in 1916 the Germans began a furious attack on the strong French position at Verdun. This point was a highly important one for the French, because i...
5. Chapter 5The years between 1870 and 1914 were marked by growing jealousies among the great powers of Europe. All were growing in wealth and commerce, and each looked with envious eyes up...
7. Chapter 7GERMANY'S RESPONSIBILITY.--Germany's tremendous increase of armaments, her opposition to arbitration, her hostility to the purpose of the Hague Conferences, her building up of t...
4. Chapter 4INTERNATIONAL LAW.--In the civilized world to-day each community is made up of citizens who have a right to the protection of the laws of their community and who in turn have th...
2. Chapter 2It would be impossible to make a list of all the causes which led Germany from time to time to take such action as would tend to force war on one or another of the nations of Eu...
6. Chapter 6THE BALKANS.--As we have learned in Chapter I, the Balkan states are, with the exception of Montenegro, the result of a series of revolutions which took place during the last hu...
3. Chapter 3WHAT IS MILITARISM?--Militarism has been defined as "a policy which maintains huge standing armies for purposes of aggression." It should be noticed that the mere fact that a na...
12. Chapter 12FAILURE OF GERMAN PEACE OFFENSIVE.--During the fall of 1917 Germany had started a great discussion of the terms of the peace which should close the war. In general the position...