World War I was a global cataclysm that toppled centuries-old dynasties and launched "the American century." Yet at the outset few Americans saw any reason to get involved in yet another conflict among the crowned heads of Europe. Despite its declared neutrality, the U.S. government gradually became more sympathetic with the Allies, until President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany to "make the world safe for democracy." Key to this shift in policy and public opinion was the belief that the English-speaking peoples were inherently superior and fit for world leadership.…mehr
World War I was a global cataclysm that toppled centuries-old dynasties and launched "the American century." Yet at the outset few Americans saw any reason to get involved in yet another conflict among the crowned heads of Europe. Despite its declared neutrality, the U.S. government gradually became more sympathetic with the Allies, until President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany to "make the world safe for democracy." Key to this shift in policy and public opinion was the belief that the English-speaking peoples were inherently superior and fit for world leadership. Just before the war, British and American elites set aside former disputes and recognized their potential for dominating the international stage. By casting Germans as "barbarians" and spreading stories of atrocities, the Wilson administration persuaded the public--including millions of German Americans--that siding with the Allies was a just cause.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Dino E. Buenviaje teaches history at Riverside City College and other campuses in Southern California.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction The Roots of Anglo-Saxonism 7 delete deleteAnglo-Saxon Myths 8 delete deleteBede, The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and the Making of England 9 delete deleteGeoffrey of Monmouth's History of British Kings and the Arthurian Legend 11 delete deletePost-Norman England 13 Chapter I. Anglo-Saxonism and American Culture, 1895-1914 The Roots of American Anglo-Saxonism 15 delete deleteLate-Nineteenth-and Early Twentieth-Century Anglo-Saxonism 17 delete deleteThe Anglo-American Community 28 delete deleteThe White Anglo-Saxon Protestant 30 Chapter II. The German-American Connection, 1850-1914 Early German Migrations 39 delete deleteThe Revolution of 1848 41 delete deleteGerman-Americans and Politics 44 delete deleteGerman-Americans and German Unification 46 delete deleteGermans and Anglo-Saxonism: Common Origins and Anxieties 53 Chapter III. Anglo-Saxonism in the Foreign Policy deleteEstablishment The Rise of the United States 77 delete deleteWilliam H. Seward: The Architect of Empire 78 delete deleteChanges in American Society 80 delete deleteAlfred Thayer Mahan and the New Navy 82 delete deleteMahan's Influence on U.S. Foreign Policy 87 delete deleteTheodore Roosevelt 90 delete deleteThe Anglo-American Rapprochement of the 1890s and its Impact on U.S. Foreign Policy 95 delete deleteThe Experience of the Philippines and Anglo-Saxonism 101 delete deleteThe Philippine Commissions 105 delete deleteThe Boer War: A Crisis in Anglo-Saxonism and the Anglo-American Rapprochement 109 Chapter IV. Anglo-Saxonism in the First World War American Neutrality 120 delete deleteWilliam Jennings Bryan vs. Robert Lansing 129 delete deleteThe Role of the American Clergy in the First World War 135 delete deleteThe British and American Propaganda Machines 137 delete deleteThe Anglo-American Connection 144 delete deleteAnglo-Saxonism and the First World War 148 Conclusion Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction The Roots of Anglo-Saxonism 7 delete deleteAnglo-Saxon Myths 8 delete deleteBede, The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and the Making of England 9 delete deleteGeoffrey of Monmouth's History of British Kings and the Arthurian Legend 11 delete deletePost-Norman England 13 Chapter I. Anglo-Saxonism and American Culture, 1895-1914 The Roots of American Anglo-Saxonism 15 delete deleteLate-Nineteenth-and Early Twentieth-Century Anglo-Saxonism 17 delete deleteThe Anglo-American Community 28 delete deleteThe White Anglo-Saxon Protestant 30 Chapter II. The German-American Connection, 1850-1914 Early German Migrations 39 delete deleteThe Revolution of 1848 41 delete deleteGerman-Americans and Politics 44 delete deleteGerman-Americans and German Unification 46 delete deleteGermans and Anglo-Saxonism: Common Origins and Anxieties 53 Chapter III. Anglo-Saxonism in the Foreign Policy deleteEstablishment The Rise of the United States 77 delete deleteWilliam H. Seward: The Architect of Empire 78 delete deleteChanges in American Society 80 delete deleteAlfred Thayer Mahan and the New Navy 82 delete deleteMahan's Influence on U.S. Foreign Policy 87 delete deleteTheodore Roosevelt 90 delete deleteThe Anglo-American Rapprochement of the 1890s and its Impact on U.S. Foreign Policy 95 delete deleteThe Experience of the Philippines and Anglo-Saxonism 101 delete deleteThe Philippine Commissions 105 delete deleteThe Boer War: A Crisis in Anglo-Saxonism and the Anglo-American Rapprochement 109 Chapter IV. Anglo-Saxonism in the First World War American Neutrality 120 delete deleteWilliam Jennings Bryan vs. Robert Lansing 129 delete deleteThe Role of the American Clergy in the First World War 135 delete deleteThe British and American Propaganda Machines 137 delete deleteThe Anglo-American Connection 144 delete deleteAnglo-Saxonism and the First World War 148 Conclusion Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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