tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post6685042053001499176..comments2024-03-29T02:37:52.926-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: America's Greatest Blunder: The Fateful Decision to Enter World War One — Reviewed by Dennis Lintonsnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-63858034651159331592015-02-12T02:14:52.453-08:002015-02-12T02:14:52.453-08:00I think this question can ONLY be asked in hindsig...I think this question can ONLY be asked in hindsight. AT THE TIME, Germany was the clear aggressor and TOOK countries and headed for Paris. They were sinking US ships - in the AO. It was CLEAR Germany must not win, and we tipped the balance. Wilson tried for a just peace, but ALL the victors did not join in and it failed, including injustice to Japan. This failure and war then led directly to David John Hastiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07668499102291275170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-35936533256689969952014-10-15T16:43:16.288-07:002014-10-15T16:43:16.288-07:00Well said. Could Nazism/Fascisti have spawned and...Well said. Could Nazism/Fascisti have spawned and been rampant in Britain and France?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-86150441733419943032014-10-14T15:08:47.373-07:002014-10-14T15:08:47.373-07:00Certainly the US economy was tied to the Allied si...Certainly the US economy was tied to the Allied side and an Allied loss would have meant severe economic dislocation in the US. But had we not entered, what would the map of Europe looked like had the Germans won? Would that have been a just peace? I doubt it. Would not the same issues have come up, only from the other side - reparations, occupied territory, bitterness and desire for revenge?Clark Shillinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12643842847976162539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-24721198686939929622014-10-14T10:32:41.689-07:002014-10-14T10:32:41.689-07:00I couldn't have said it better. I'm glad s...I couldn't have said it better. I'm glad someone, at least by the title, agrees with me. We inherited every mistake made by the British and have been paying through the nose since then- World War II was just the beginning. Just think Middle East and nothing more need be saidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-27185783060870431302014-10-14T10:20:41.080-07:002014-10-14T10:20:41.080-07:00Blunder might be too strong of a word but it does ...Blunder might be too strong of a word but it does make you think.<br />The US went to war because the French and the British needed to win or else the US would not be paid. This war make the US the largest creditor in the world.Michigan WW1 Centennialhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00135329931308754887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-33737727583106574112014-10-14T10:00:23.416-07:002014-10-14T10:00:23.416-07:00I think he knew given the desperate situation of t...I think he knew given the desperate situation of the British and French armies. All the histories written by English and Frenchmen, the need was for men. 1918 British and French man power resources exhausted. bill o'neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01987598176551650867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-56972135690910844102014-10-14T09:56:27.778-07:002014-10-14T09:56:27.778-07:00Is it true that Wilson did not understand that dec...Is it true that Wilson did not understand that declaring War on Germany did not mean that the US would send a 2M man US Army to France?<br />Tom MorganAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com