AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.

Philip Dru's war: in a new book, noted historian Thomas Fleming examines the agenda behind U.S. involvement in World War I--and that war's cost to our nation and the West.(Book Review)

The New American

| September 08, 2003 | Grigg, William Norman | COPYRIGHT 2003 American Opinion Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The Illusion of Victory: America in World War I, by Thomas Fleming, New York: Basic Books, 2003, 543 pages, hardcover. Available for $30.00 plus shipping and handling from American Opinion Book Services, P.O. Box 8040, Appleton, WI 54912; by phone at 920-749-3783; or online at www.aobs-store.com.

Shortly after the United States entered World War I in April 1917, Pope Benedict XV "called on the warring governments to make a peace of mutual forgiveness and forbearance," recounts historian Thomas Fleming in his magnificent new book. The terms outlined by the pontiff resembled those prescribed years earlier by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson. They also enjoyed broad ...

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, and more
`The Illusion Of Victory: America in World War I,' by Thomas Fleming; Basic...
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Beck, David L. June 18, 2003 700+ words
Byline: David L. Beck World War I was the last gasp of the 19th...awaiting fresh meat from America. Thomas Fleming argues, however, that the eventual...good word spoken about Germany in World War I, but Fleming speaks many of them...
`The Illusion Of Victory: America in World War I,' by Thomas Fleming; Basic...
Newspaper article from: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, Calif.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) June 13, 2003 700+ words
Byline: David L. Beck World War I was the last gasp of the 19th...awaiting fresh meat from America. Thomas Fleming argues, however, that the eventual...good word spoken about Germany in World War I, but Fleming speaks many of them...
Thomas Fleming. The Illusion of Victory: America in World War I.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Teaching History: A Journal of Methods Bourque, Stephen A. September 22, 2006 700+ words
Thomas Fleming. The Illusion of Victory: America in World War I. New York: Basic Books, 2003. Pp...Illusion of Victory, well-known author Thomas Fleming presents a summary of the American war...
Intrigue of nations.(Book Review: THE ILLUSION OF VICTORY: Americans in World...
Magazine article from: Washington Monthly Dallek, Matthew July 1, 2003 700+ words
...VICTORY: Americans in World War I by Thomas Fleming Basic Books, $30...is larger than the World War I monument; and in...analysis there is of World War I often interprets...historian and novelist Thomas Fleming argues that the war...
The Illusion of Victory: America in World War I.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History Svonavec, Stephen December 1, 2005 700+ words
The Illusion of Victory: America in World War I, by Thomas Fleming. New York, Basic Books, 2003. xi, 343 pp...gained little from its involvement in the First World War. He claims that the misguided actions and wrong...
FDR most probably responsible for celebrated leak of America's military...
Press release article from: PR Newswire December 2, 1987 700+ words
...of America's military-preparedness plans on the eve of World War II even though it embarrassed and made a liar out of him...historian aided by access to previously classified files. Thomas Fleming concludes in December American Heritage that "no other explanation...
Seeing a different Second World War.(BOOKS)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times February 17, 2002 700+ words
...coincidence? Not according to Thomas Fleming. A veteran storyteller...Roosevelt and the War Within World War" with an account of these...we have been inundated with World War II histories validating the...accessible book. His story of World War II is filled with plots ...
The First World War.(Bibliography)
Magazine article from: History Today November 1, 2003 700+ words
...Strachan's The First World War (Simon and Schuster...Messenger accompanies World War One in Colour: The Definitive...in black and white. Thomas Fleming offers a critical examination...Victory: Americans in World War I (The Perseus Group...
For more facts and information, see all results

Source: HighBeam Research, Philip Dru's war: in a new book, noted historian Thomas Fleming...

©2009 Gale, a part of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.
About us | FAQs | Contact us | Privacy policy | Terms and conditions
Other Gale sites: Encyclopedia.com | HighBeam Research | Acquire Content | Books & Authors | Goliath | MovieRetriever | Smart QandA