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I
INTRODUCTORY
CIVILIZATION AT ISSUE--THE GERMAN
EMPIRE--CHARACTER OF WILLIAM II--THE GREAT
CONSPIRACY--THE WAR BY YEARS--UNITED STATES IN THE
WAR--TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILES OF BATTLE--THE
DOWNFALL OF TURKEY--THE DEMOCRATIC CLOSE OF THE
WAR 17
CHAPTER II
GEN. PERSHING'S OWN STORY
ORGANIZATION OF HIS GENERAL STAFF--TRAINING IN
FRANCE--IN THE AISNE OFFENSIVE--AT CHATEAU
THIERRY--THE ST MIHEIL SALIENT--MEUSE-ARGONNE,
FIRST PHASE--THE BATTLE 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