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Americans all! : foreign-born soldiers in World War I /
"During the First World-War, nearly half a million immigrant draftees from forty-six different nations served in the U.S. Army. This surge of Old World soldiers challenged the American military's cultural, linguistic, and religious traditions and required military leaders to reconsider the...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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College Station :
Texas A & M University Press,
©2001.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Texas A & M University military history series ;
73. |
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"During the First World-War, nearly half a million immigrant draftees from forty-six different nations served in the U.S. Army. This surge of Old World soldiers challenged the American military's cultural, linguistic, and religious traditions and required military leaders to reconsider their training methods for the foreign-born troops. How did the U.S. War Department integrate this diverse group into a united fighting force?" "Offering a look at an unexplored area of military history, Americans All! Foreign-born Soldiers in World War I constitutes a work of special interest to scholars in the fields of military history, sociology, and ethnic studies. Ford's research illuminates what it meant for the U.S. military to reexamine early twentieth-century nativism: instead of forcing soldiers into a melting pot, war department policies created an atmosphere that made both American and ethnic pride acceptable."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: |
xiii, 194 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-183) and index. |
| ISBN: |
158544118X 9781585441181 |