America's Great War: World War I and the American Experience (Critical Issues in American History) Paperback – November 1, 2001

This is a nice readable history, overview really but with some depth, of the US role and experience in WW1, both on the homefront and on the Western Front. Especially good for those who want a history of the US involvement without digging into the battle specific books out there.

Helps to understand how WWI influenced American governmental policies and society. Thanks to WWI we have the income tax -- not doubt another reason would have been found to justify it. After reading this book, I became more sensitive to the composition of the Army, esp of the educational and economic characteristics of the soldiers.

Definitely, if you're looking for an easy, leisurely read, this is NOT what you want. This I had to read for my upper-level history class in college and it's definitely more up that avenue. However, if you want something a bit more scholarly that truly analyzes what a historian would look at, this is what you want. There are sections analyzing race, class, gender, progressivism, and much more. So it just depends on what you like! I will say that this did a really great job of analyzing the Treaty of Versailles.

If you are the serious reader, historian or educator looking for the political context of WWI, then grab this book. You will read about the Wilsonian politics of non intervention and his arrogant moral & ethical justification of our participation with an ultimate goal of a new world order.There is lengthy discussion of labor strife, discrimination of minorities and propaganda at home. The economics of war in a changing world according to Keynes is also given some attention. Unschooled readers will be interested in reading about the Alien & Sedition Act, and how the U.S. government responded through law enforcement. Here, J. Edgar Hoover is introduced as the director of the precursor of the FBI.The last chapter contains an excellent list of political questions to be answered by historians like who is to blame for the failure of the Treaty of Versailles

I have continued to find good books on American involment in WWI . . . this one is good, but not great.