World War I: Primary Documents on Events from 1914 to 1919

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Primary documents from the World War I era bring to life the causes, events and consequences of those tumultuous and violent years. Varied perspectives provide a valuable overview of the many and often complicated reactions by Americans to Pre-war European politics, Archduke Ferdinand's assassination, the sinking of the Lusitania by a German submarine, the major battles fought, and of the eventual and controversial entry into the war by the United States, among others. Will be a valued resource for researchers seeking to tap into contemporary attitudes toward events long gone.

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Collins, Associate Professor of Communication at North Dakota State University, Fargo, has made a fine addition to the Greenwood Press Debating Historical Issues in the Media of the Time Series with World War I: Primary Documents on Events from 1914 to 1919This work is recommended. * ARBA *

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Ross F. Collins is Associate Professor of Communication at North Dakota State University, Fargo. He edited The Greenwood Library of American War Reporting, Volume 5: World War I (Greenwood Press 2005), and has published numerous scholarly articles on aspects of World War I, French journalism, and American frontier journalism. A former journalist and photographer, Collins has contributed more than 800 articles and photographs to a wide variety of non-academic publications. He has a Ph.D. in journalism history from the University of Cambridge, and is treasurer of the American Journalism Historians Association.