America in Wwi: What Really Happened, and Why It Matters - Jennifer Keene

Written by Jennifer Keene
Read by Jennifer Keene
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps

General Information
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Title: America in WWI: What Really Happened, and Why it Matters
Author: Jennifer Keene
Reader: Jennifer Keene
Audiobook Copyright: 2021-05-04
Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC
Duration: 1 hrs 0 mins
ISBN: 9781662078637
Subjects: History

File Information
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Media Format: M4B (AAC)
Total Files: 1
Total Size: 54.9 MB
Bitrate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
Channels: Stereo

Book Description
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One Day University presents a series of audio lectures recorded in
real-time from some of the top minds in the United States. Given by
award-winning professors and experts in their field, these recorded
lectures dive deep into the worlds of religion, government,
literature, and social justice.

Most Americans possess only a hazy understanding of World War I or its
significance for the United States. So why not leave it there? Why
bother with this history lesson? How the nation responded to the
challenge of fighting its first modern war re-made America, leading to
female suffrage, the modern civil rights movement, the drive to
protect civil liberties, new conceptions of military service, and an
expanded role for the United States in the world. There are striking
parallels between the problems Americans faced a hundred years ago in
1917-18 and the challenges we face now. How do we balance protecting
national security with civil liberties? Is it appropriate for
Americans to continue to debate a war once the fighting has begun? Are
immigrants importing terrorism? Do Americans have a responsibility to
participate in global humanitarianism? Can soldiers ever convey to
those at home the reality of what they’ve encountered on the
battlefield? Can they ever leave the war behind? Americans grappled
with these issues in World War I, and these are once again relevant
questions for a society at war.