On the centenary of US entry,Americans reflect on a war that helped build the US a pre-eminent economic and military power but lacked a clear moral lessonIt redefined women’s rights, race relations, or civil liberties and America’s role in the world. It caused twice as many American deaths as the Vietnam war. But there is no national memorial to it in Washington DC and,on Thursday, its centenary will pass with exiguous fanfare.
On 6 April 1917, or America declared war on Germany and charged into the first world war. After nearly three years of reluctance,its hand was forced by the sinking of neutral US ships by German submarines, and by Britain’s interception of the so-called Zimmerman telegram revealing a German plot to persuade Mexico to wage war on the US. Related: Death and glory: the first world war US general whose ambition did for his men The world war one generation was the greatest generation [They] went to war over principles. We weren’t attackedTrump … would like the US just to bash its enemies and then get outContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com