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Mobilization Day : Americans Debate Militarism 1914-1928.
America has a fine tradition, mostly forgotten, of opposition to military values and large military forces. This study of the debate from 1914-1928 documents major events of the period and shows how militarists and anti-militarists contended to persuade Americans which policies were best to preserve...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Algora Publishing,
2020.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Preface
- Introduction
- Outline of the Book
- 1. Militarism: Armored and Brainless? 1914-1915
- TR and Righteous Wars
- A Crime against the Nation
- Applied Pacifism
- Conscienceless Jingoes
- Sea Militarism
- Henry Ford's Militaristic Parasites
- Apostles of Timidity
- George Harvey's Altar of Misstatement
- Militarism Eclipses Feminism
- Deadly Holidays
- Mechanical Methods of Militarism
- Securely Wrapped in the American Flag
- A Useless Member of the New York Legislature
- Conclusions
- 2. Peace, War and Peace, 1916-1918
- Pretending Patriots
- Preparing a Great Machine
- The Scientific Man Trained in Arms
- The Last Refuge of a Pacifist
- War for Our Daily Bread
- The Wall Street War Trust
- Patriotism Runs to Metal
- A Pugnacious Pacifist
- Possible Wars
- Fear has Dethroned Reason
- To Fight Militarism
- To Build Towards World Federation
- Jingo, the Dinosaur of Militarism
- Splendid Anti-Militarist Traditions
- The Greatest Processions of Civilians
- Making for Harmony
- Militarism is a Spirit
- One Kind of Militarism
- The Clamor of the Jingoes
- The Duke of Conscription
- Opportunistic Plutocrats
- Making Soldiers
- Manly Fighting Strength
- Intellectual Flotsam and Jetsam
- A Revolting Idea
- Conclusions: Peace to War to Peace
- 3. Who Were the Militarists? 1919-1920
- Repugnant to the American Mind
- Cis-Alpine Camouflage
- Abating of the Militarist Mania
- Where is the Enemy?
- A Jealous, Tribal Sensitiveness
- A Sudden Love for Spelling
- A Singing Army
- War as a Civilizing Agent
- The Red Flower of War
- War and Cannibalism
- Henry Ford an Anarchist?
- Conclusions: Militarism, Dead, Militarism Resurrected
- 4. Bolshevism or Rheumatism? Red Scare, 1919-1920
- Altars of Militarism and Autocracy
- Bombs and Radial Agitators
- Put Down the Red Flag
- A Lack of Militarism
- War Plans White
- Conclusions: Militarism and Radicalism
- 5. Neither Masses nor Classes: American Legion, 1919-1924
- Founded 1919-or 1915?
- Caucusing in Paris and St. Louis
- Conclusions: Avoiding the Danger of Militarism
- 6. Soldiers and Ships, 1920-1922
- A Stiff Sort of Snob
- That Bogey
- A Preposterous Scheme
- Militarism Run Mad
- Plans of Great Magnitude
- The Spirit of Militarism
- The Victory at Sea
- No Spirit of Militarism
- Building Like Mad
- Sucking the Hind Teat
- Militarism the Spirit of our Fleet?
- Conclusions: What was Settled before the Washington Conference
- 7. A Navy Second to None, 1921-1922
- A Commercial War of the Severest Sort
- The Danger of Arrogant Militarism
- Militarism and Navalism
- The Champions of Economy
- Passing the Trident
- Delectable Pink Teas
- H.G. Wells in Washington
- Ida Tarbell at the Conference
- Anti-Militarists and Pseudo-Economists
- Sneering Civilians
- Our Militarism
- Down with Militarism!
- Militaristic and Imperialistic Policies
- The Exaltation of Armed Force