With these ends in view, this History will be of the greatest value.
Signature [Payton C. March]
General,
Chief of Staff.
United States Army.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. A WAR FOR INTERNATIONAL FREEDOM
A Conflict that was Inevitable--The Flower of Manhood on the Fields of
France--Germany's Defiance to the World--Heroic Belgium--Four
Autocratic Nations against Twenty-four Committed to the Principles of
Liberty--America's Titanic Effort--Four Million Men Under Arms, Two
Million Overseas--France the Martyr Nation--The British Empire's
Tremendous Share in the Victory--A River of Blood Watering the Desert
of Autocracy
CHAPTER II. THE WORLD SUDDENLY TURNED UPSIDE DOWN
The War Storm Breaks--Trade and Commerce Paralyzed--Homeward Rush of
Travelers--Harrowing Scenes as Ships Sail for America--Stock Markets
Closed--The Tide of Desolation Following in the Wake of War
CHAPTER III. WHY THE WORLD WENT TO WAR
The Balkan Ferment--Russia, the Dying Giant Among Autocracies--Turkey
the "Sick Man" of Europe--Scars Left by the Balkan War--Germany's
Determination to Seize a Place in the Sun.
CHAPTER IV. THE PLOTTER BEHIND THE SCENES
The Assassination at Sarajevo--The Slavic Ferment--Austria's
Domineering Note--The Plotters of Potsdam--The Mailed Fist of
Militarism Beneath the Velvet Glove of Diplomacy--Mobilization and
Declarations of War
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