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Title: The Great war
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Allen, George Henry, 1876- Whitehead, Henry C., 1873- Chadwick, French Ensor, 1844-1919 Sims, William Sowden, 1858-1936 McAndrew, James William, 1862-1922 Wiley, Edwin, 1872-
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: Philadelphia : G. Barrie's Sons
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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foreigners usually en-countered, together with the sense of assurance inheritedfrom the pioneer period, pride in splendid material achieve-ments, and concern for the survival of the type combinedto create a smug, exclusive spirit which regarded the out-side world with condescension often mingled with suspicion. As a result, the United States was the most eccentric ofthe greater powers. Many practices of life common tothe other civilized lands were strange to American society.Until recently the teaching of geography and history inAmerican schools and colleges had been superficial or evenmisleading and inaccurate and the vast current of Americantravel in Europe had only partly dispelled the widespreadignorance and indifference in respect to the contemporarylife and conditions of the other most important peoples ofthe globe. It was the natural ideal of patriotism to assimi-late and unify the heterogeneous elements of the popula-tion. But it was necessary, if the mission of the Great War
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Diagram showing area in which the Germans stated, in their note of January 31, 191-, that theywould carry on unrestricted submarine operations. The United States and the European War 433 in breaking down barriers and creating an association of allnations was to be accomplished, that the United States as apeople should be drawn from their solitary course, shouldjoin in humanitys great struggle by the side of other en-lightened peoples, and should make their spiritual qualitiesfelt in the great forum of the world. The American public more and more absorbed by theincreasing tension of the last days of July, 1914, was throwninto a spasm of excitement by the tidings that the greatcatastrophe had taken place. Their bewildered imagina-tion sought relief in the thought of the broad expanse ofocean separating the United States from the vast confla-gration. Yet, with the ties of blood, the facilities of com-munication, and the intimate relations of commerce andcivilization, it was idle to dream

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