tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post4335043981041779139..comments2024-03-29T06:42:20.796-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: Lost Battalions: the Great War and the Crisis of American Nationalism reviewed by Clark Shillingsnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-72861089325718580632015-09-10T17:41:01.995-07:002015-09-10T17:41:01.995-07:00Definitely.
Wilson still retains the fondness of m...Definitely.<br />Wilson still retains the fondness of many Americans, including a disturbing number of historians.Bryan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937099144329508708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-48636136720281203932015-09-10T17:17:22.917-07:002015-09-10T17:17:22.917-07:00The blame can be placed on Woodrow Wilson's de...The blame can be placed on Woodrow Wilson's desk, who pushed back progress African-Americans had made since Reconstruction. He fired black civil servants and pushed a number of racist programs, one of which was to deny a combat role for black troops under US command (the French, of course, had no such qualms). The portion of his Fourteen Points dealing with self-determination of European Tom Bernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01807029851838255487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-4461938613738609372015-09-08T13:14:52.734-07:002015-09-08T13:14:52.734-07:00Thank you very much, Bryan. I have added Slotkin&...Thank you very much, Bryan. I have added Slotkin's trilogy on the frontier to my "to read list".Clark Shillinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12643842847976162539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-63655820211615803162015-09-08T11:05:37.529-07:002015-09-08T11:05:37.529-07:00Excellent review: deeply informative and very appe...Excellent review: deeply informative and very appealing.<br />Slotkin's frontier work is classic.Bryan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937099144329508708noreply@blogger.com