Student's History of World War I

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Originally published in 1921--just three years after the Great War ended--as part of the authors’ larger “A School History of the United States,” this easy-to-understand Kindle edition, equivalent in length to a physical book of approximately 50 pages, covers World War I’s causes, its many battles, the German surrender, and the armistice.

SAMPLE PASSAGE:

President Wilson was prompt to warn Germany that this country would not tolerate a violation of our rights under international law. He informed the German government that he would hold it to a “strict accountability” if American lives were lost through the activities of her submarines.

In bold defiance of the United States, Germany committed one of the crudest actions of the war. On May 7, 1915, the great liner Lusitania, one of the largest ships upon the seas, was approaching Ireland from New York. Suddenly a German submarine rose from the depths of the ocean and without warning attacked the Lusitania with torpedoes. The liner sank, drowning some twelve hundred people, among them one hundred and twenty-four Americans. A great rage took possession of the American people. In spite of the President’s demand for redress, Germany persisted in arguing the matter and evaded making an answer. Nearly a year passed. Then occurred the sinking of the British steamer Sussex, on which two Americans lost their lives. President Wilson now made a peremptory demand for redress, and Germany appeared to yield, giving a promise that merchant ships would not be sunk without making provision for the safety of the passengers.

About the Author:
Historian and writer Nathaniel Wright Stephenson was a professor of history and economics at the College of Charleston, in South Carolina. Other works include “Abraham Lincoln and the Union” and “Day of the Confederacy.”