Kelly Millers History of the World War for Human Rights | Page 3

IN THE FOREST--SUMMARY 49
CHAPTER III
PRESIDENT WILSON'S REVIEW OF THE WAR
TROOP MOVEMENT DURING THE YEAR--TRIBUTE TO AMERICAN SOLDIERS--SPLENDID SPIRIT OF THE NATION--RESUME THE WORK OF PEACE--OUTLINE OF WORK IN PARIS--SUPPORT OF NATION URGED 79
CHAPTER IV
THE FLASH THAT SET THE WORLD AFLAME
TEUTON FIND IN A MURDER THE EXCUSE FOR WAR--GERMANY INSPIRED BY AMBITIONS FOR WORLD CONTROL--THE STRUGGLE FOR COMMERCIAL SUPREMACY A FACTOR--THE UNDERLYING MOTIVES 89
CHAPTER V
WHY AMERICA ENTERED THE WAR
THE IRON HAND OF PRUSSIANISM--THE ARROGANT HOHENZOLLERN ATTITUDE--SECRETARY LANE TELLS WHY WE FIGHT--BROKEN PLEDGES--LAWS VIOLATED--PRUSSIANISM THE CHILD OF BARBARITY--GERMANY'S PLANS FOR A WORLD EMPIRE 97
CHAPTER VI
THE THINGS THAT MADE MEN MAD
GERMANY'S BARBARITY--THE DEVASTATION OF BELGIUM--HUMAN FIENDS--FIREBRAND AND TORCH--RAPE AND PILLAGE--THE SACKING OF LOUVAIN--WANTON DESTRUCTION--OFFICIAL PROOF 113
CHAPTER VII
THE SLINKING SUBMARINE
A VORACIOUS SEA MONSTER--THE RUTHLESS DESTRUCTIVE POLICY OF GERMANY--STARVATION OF NATIONS THE GOAL--HOW THE SUBMARINES OPERATE--SOME PERSONAL EXPERIENCES 135
CHAPTER VIII
THWARTING THE U-BOAT
NETS TO ENTANGLE THE SEA SHARKS OF WAR--"CHASERS" OR "SKIMMING DISH" BOATS--"BLIMPS" AND SEAPLANES--HUNTING THE SUBMARINE WITH "LANCE" BOMB AND GUN--A SAILOR'S DESCRIPTION 154
CHAPTER IX
THE EYES OF BATTLE
AEROPLANES AND AIRSHIPS--THEY SPY THE MOVEMENTS OF FORCESON LAND OR SEA--LEAD DISASTROUS BOMB ATTACKS--VALUABLE IN "SPOTTING" SUBMARINES--THE BOMBARDMENT AT MESSINES RIDGE 170
CHAPTER X
WAR'S STRANGE DEVICES
CHEMISTRY A DEMON OF DESTRUCTION--POISON GAS BOMBS--GAS MASKS--HAND GRENADES--MORTARS--"TANKS"--FEUDAL "BATTERING RAMS"--STEEL HELMETS--STRANGE BULLETS--MOTOR PLOWS--REAL DOGS OF WAR 185
CHAPTER XI
WONDERFUL WAR WEAPONS
THE TERRIBLE RAPID-FIRE GUN--ARMORED AUTOMOBILES AND AUTOMOBILE ARTILLERY--HOWITZERS--MOUNTED FORTS--ARMORED TRAINS--OBSERVATION TOWERS--WIRELESS APPARATUS--THE ARMY PANTRY 205
CHAPTER XII
THE WORLD'S ARMIES
THE EFFICIENT GERMAN ORGANIZATION--THE LANDWEHR AND LANDSTURM--GENERAL FORMS OF MILITARY ORGANIZATION--THE BRAVE FRENCH TROOPS--THE PICTURESQUE ITALIAN SOLDIERY--THE PEACE AND WAR STRENGTH--AVAILABLE FIGHTING MEN--FORTIFICATIONS 224
CHAPTER XIII
THE WORLD'S NAVIES
GERMANY'S SEA STRENGTH--GREAT BRITAIN'S IMMENSE WAR FLEET--IMMENSE FIGHTING CRAFT--THE UNITED STATES' NEW BATTLE CRUISERS--THE FASTEST AND BIGGEST OCEAN FIGHTING SHIPS--THE PICTURESQUE MARINES: THE SOLDIERS OF THE SEA 243
CHAPTER XIV
THE NATIONS AT WAR
UNEXPECTED DEVELOPMENTS--HOW THE WAR FLAMES SPREAD--A SCORE OF COUNTRIES INVOLVED--THE POINTS OF CONTACT--PICTURESQUE AND RUGGED BULGARIA, ROUMANIA, SERVIA, GREECE, ITALY AND HISTORIC SOUTHEAST EUROPE 259
CHAPTER XV
MODERN WAR METHODS
INDIVIDUAL INITIATIVE AS AGAINST MASS MOVEMENTS--TRENCH WARFARE A GAME OF HIDE AND SEEK--RATS AND DISEASE--SURGERY'S TRIUMPHS--CHANGED TACTICS--ITALIAN MOUNTAIN FIGHTING 281
CHAPTER XVI
WOMAN AND THE WAR
SHE HAS WON "HER PLACE IN THE SUN"--RICH AND POOR IN THE MUNITIONS FACTORIES--NURSE AND AMBULANCE DRIVER--KHAKI AND TROUSERS--ORGANIZER AND FARMER--HEROES IN THE STRESS OF CIRCUMSTANCES--DYING MEN'S WORK FOR MEN--EVEN A "BOBBIE" 298
CHAPTER XVII
THE TERRIBLE PRICE
A NATION OF MEN DESTROYED--MILLIONS IN SHIPPING AND COMMERCE DESTROYED--WORLD'S MAPS CHANGED--BILLIONS IN MONEY--IMMENSE DEBTS--NATION'S WEALTH--THE UNITED STATES A GREAT PROVIDER 316
CHAPTER XVIII
THE WORLD RULERS AT WAR
WOODROW WILSON, THE CHAMPION OF DEMOCRACY--THE EGOTISTICAL KAISER--THE GERMAN CROWN PRINCE--BRITAIN'S MONARCH--CONSTANTINE WHO QUIT RATHER THAN FIGHT GERMANY--PRESIDENT POINCARE--AND OTHER NATIONAL HEADS 328
CHAPTER XIX
THE WAR'S WHO'S WHO
STRIKING FIGURES IN THE CONFLICT--JOFFRE, THE HERO OF MARNE--NIVELLE, THE FRENCH COMMANDER--SIR DOUGLAS HAIG--THE KAISER'S CHANCELLOR--VENIZELOS--"BLACK JACK" PERSHING 344
CHAPTER XX
CHEMISTRY IN THE WAR
SUBSTITUTES FOR COTTON--NITRATES PRODUCED FROM AIR--YEAST A REAL SUBSTITUTE FOR BEEF--SEAWEED MADE TO GIVE UP POTASH--A GANGRENE PREVENTATIVE--SODA MADE OUT OF SALT WATER--AMERICA CHEMICALLY INDEPENDENT 361
CHAPTER XXI
OUR NEIGHBORING ALLY
CANADA'S RECRUITING--RAISE 33,000 TROOPS IN TWO MONTHS--FIRST EXPEDITIONARY FORCE TO CROSS ATLANTIC--BRAVERY AT YPRES AND LENS--MEETING DIFFICULT PROBLEMS--QUEBEC AROUSED BY CONSCRIPTION 371
CHAPTER XXII
THE HEROIC ANZAC
FORCES THAT STIRRED THE WORLD IN THE GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN--FAMOUS AS SAPPERS--THE BLASTING OF MESSINES RIDGE--TWO YEARS TUNNELLING--30,000 GERMANS BLOWN TO ATOMS--1,000,000 POUNDS OF EXPLOSIVES USED--TROOPS THAT WERE TRANSPORTED 11,000 MILES 390
CHAPTER XXIII
AMERICA STEPS IN
PRESIDENT WILSON'S FAMOUS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS--THE WAR RESOLUTION--APRIL 6, 1917, SEES THE UNITED STATES AT WAR--REVIEW OF THE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN GERMANY AND AMERICA--THE U-BOAT RESTRICTED ZONE ANNOUNCEMENT OF GERMANY--PREMIER LLOYD GEORGE ON AMERICA IN THE CONFLICT 399
CHAPTER XXIV
UNCLE SAM TAKES HOLD
MAKES WORLD'S BIGGEST WAR LOAN--SEIZE GERMAN SHIPS--INTRIGUE EXPOSED--GENERAL PERSHING AND STAFF IN EUROPE--THE NAVY ON DUTY IN NORTH SEA--FIRST UNITED STATES TROOPS REACH FRANCE--GERMANY'S ATTEMPTS TO SINK TROOP SHIPS THWARTED BY NAVY'S GUNS 427
CHAPTER XXV
A GERMAN CRISIS
THE DOWNFALL OF BETHMANN-HOLLWEG--THE CROWN PRINCE IN THE LIME LIGHT--HOLLWEG'S UNIQUE CAREER--DR. GEORG MICHAELIS APPOINTED CHANCELLOR--THE KAISER AND HOW HE GETS HIS IMMENSE POWER 444
CHAPTER XXVI
UNCLE SAM AND THE NEUTRALS
PRESIDENT WILSON PUTS EMBARGO ON FOOD SHIPMENTS--SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES FURNISHING SUPPLIES TO GERMANY INSPIRES ORDER--THE DIFFICULT POSITION OF NORWAY, DENMARK, HOLLAND AND SWITZERLAND 452
CHAPTER XXVII
THE ACTIONS OF THE WAR
FROM BOSNIA TO FLANDERS--MARNE THE TURNING POINT OF THE CONFLICT--THE CONQUESTS OF SERVIA AND RUMANIA--THE FALL OF BAGDAD--RUSSIA'S WOMEN SOLDIERS--AMERICA'S CONSCRIPTS 463
CHAPTER XXVIII
AMERICAN FORCES BECOME FACTOR
UNITED STATES SOLDIERS INSPIRED ALLIED TROOPS--RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT COLLAPSES--ITALIAN ARMY FAILS--ALLIED WAR COUNCIL FORMED--FOCH COMMANDS ALLIED ARMIES--PERSHING OFFERS AMERICAN TROOPS--UNDER FIRE--U-BOAT BASES RAIDED BY BRITISH 473
CHAPTER XXIX
AMERICANS TURN WAR'S TIDE
BRILLIANT AMERICAN FIGHTING STOPS HUN ADVANCE--FRENCH AND BRITISH INSPIRED--FAMOUS MARINES LEAD IN PICTURESQUE ATTACK--HALT GERMANS AT CHATEAU-THIERRY--USED OPEN STYLE FIGHTING--THOUSANDS OF GERMANS SLAIN--UNITED STATES TROOPS IN SIBERIA--NEW CONSCRIPTION BILL PASSED--ALLIED SUCCESSES ON ALL FRONTS 489
CHAPTER XXX
VICTORY--PEACE
THE GERMAN EMPIRE COLLAPSES--FOCH'S STRATEGY WINS--AMERICAN INSPIRATION A BIG FACTOR--BULGARIA, TURKEY AND AUSTRIA QUIT WAR--MONARCHS FALL--KAISER ABDICATES AND FLEES GERMANY--ARMISTICE SIGNED--NOVEMBER 11, PEACE 497
THE NEGRO IN THE WORLD WAR 507
[Illustration: WOUNDED AMERICAN SOLDIERS ENTERTAINING THEMSELVES.
During the period of convalescence the wounded were well cared for. They earned and deserved the best possible treatment and care.]
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