How Did The First World War Change America

Our history is what has shaped the world into what it is today for better or worse. There have been many turning points in our history that have dramatically impacted the world we live in. World War Ⅱ was a pinnacle point in recent history that brought about genocide, modern warfare and the nuclear age. This was a tragic war that introduced some of the deadliest weapons the world has ever seen, as well as manufacturing mass murder. But World War Ⅱ also brought about many changes in the world, specifically in America. Women played important roles in the workforce for the first time and finally had a sense of independence. America was able to unite as a country and manufacture goods on a scale that will probably never be seen again. Her full
This book explains the complexity of the war and the extent both sides were willing to go to win the war and achieve their own view of peace. The Allies were wanting to not only win the war, but put themselves in the best position to preserve post-war peace. This is where politics came into play. Patton was not very politically correct and American leaders feared his outspokenness. When he slapped one of his soldiers for claiming to be unable to fight because of fatigue was very frowned upon. The press portrayed it to the public as the very cruelty they were fighting in the war. Yet as politically incorrect as he was, Eisenhower and other high ranking officials knew that he was their most ferocious and feared general. His mere presence on the battlefield intimidated the opposition. Even with the aurora he brought to the battlefield, high ranking officials were very leery about using him and limited his supply line. They were scared he would go past Berlin and attack Russia based on several comments he has previously made. Even though this book was written almost seventy years after his death, the authors used factual evidence from the time period to further their
Previously, I just saw the war as a bloodbath between two sides over moral superiority and how our world should look. Would we be ruled by an “Aryan” race or by democracy and let the people choose their own form of government to live under. I feel this book brought the behind the scene politics of the war to the front and center of attention. Once the allies knew they were going to win the war, they started working on reshaping the war torn world. O’Reilly did a great job at giving personal accounts from several people of what the wartime experience was like for them. He made it easy to connect to the people and places of that time by describing the physical and emotional obstacles people had to go