Synopsis for Lockdown Lecture: 4th December

BACK INTO EUROPE

Introduction: Three Presidents and a General

Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, and Pershing

Precursors to War: America at Peace 1901-17

a. At home

b. Abroad

Mexican Border War 1909-19

What sent Anmerica into European War in 1917?

Victory gained, but at a price

Versailles Conference and American leadership

Back into Isolationism following President Wilson's death