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An 8 page research paper that explores the US involvement in WWI. The writer argue that examination of WWI demonstrates that it was unique aspects of this conflict that enabled the US to make a decisive difference due to the fact that the entry of US into the Allied war effort meant a virtually inexhaustible new source of men and war material. While the positive impact of US involvement was generally acknowledge by the Allies, the late entry of the US into the war effort diminished US influence in determining the course of peace, which is regrettable as the peace of World War I led inexorably into the horror of World War II. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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those of earlier conflicts (Burns, 1969). Open warfare disappeared on the Western Front almost immediately. After the first few weeks of fighting, the opposing armies settled into a vast network
of trenches, from which attacks were launched in efforts to dislodge the enemy. Most such attacks failed. In essence, it was an endurance contest, in which victory depended largely
on the natural resources and upon the ability of the various nations involved to obtain almost "unlimited supplies of money, food, and munitions" (Burns, 1969, p. 866). Examination of World
War I demonstrates that it was this aspect of the conflict that enabled the US to make a decisive difference, the entry of US into the Allied war effort meant
a virtually inexhaustible new source of men and war material. While the positive impact of US involvement was generally acknowledge by the Allies, the late entry of the US
into the war effort diminished US influence in determining the course of peace, which is regrettable as the peace of World War I led inexorably into the horror of World
War II. Why the US entered the war late When war broke out in Europe in 1914 between the Central Powers (Germany and Austria-Hungary) and the allied countries
of Britain, France and Russia, US President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation declaring American neutrality (Kennedy, 1991). However, neutrality proved to be difficult to maintain. Wilson endeavored to have the
US maintain trading rights with all combatant countries. Great Britain naturally tried to stop American trade with Germany and succeeded very well by using commercial regulation and surface ships.
Germany, likewise, wished to stop American trade with Great Britain, which it did via its submarine fleet. The German U-boat (Unterseeboot) ignored the rules of naval warfare and torpedoed merchants
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