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Utah and the Great War : The Beehive State and the World War I Experience

Utah and the Great War : The Beehive State and the World War I Experience

Authors :
Allan Kent Powell
Allan Kent Powell
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

Copublished with the Utah State Historical Society. Affiliated with the Utah Division of State History, Utah Department of Heritage & Arts. In time for the centennial of the United States's entry into World War I, this collection of seventeen essays explores the war experience in Utah through multiple perspectives, from those of soldiers, nurses and ambulance drivers who experienced the horror of the conflict firsthand to those on the home front who were transformed by the war. Citizens supported the war financially, through service on councils of defense, with victory gardens, and by other means. Some of Utah's Native Americans and at least one Episcopal bishop resisted the war. The terrible 1918–1919 flu pandemic impacted Utah and killed more victims around the world than those who died on the battlefields. There was a Red Scare and fight over United States participation in a League of Nations. These topics and more are explored, helping us understand the nature and complexity of the conflict and its impact on Utahns.

Subjects

Subjects :
World War, 1914-1918--Utah

Details

Language :
English
ISBNs :
9781607815105 and 9781607815112
Database :
eBook Index
Journal :
Utah and the Great War : The Beehive State and the World War I Experience
Publication Type :
eBook
Accession number :
1442813