'The Path to War: How the First World War Created Modern America' by Michael S. Neiberg is a book about how America ended up finally fighting in World War I.

When World War I broke out in Europe, the U.S. was quite far from it, both in distance and mindset. The move to war was gradual and debated. Events like the invastion of Belgium and the sinking of the Lusitania made a case for the war, but there were many who still wanted to avoid war. The book talks about the immigrant communities felt about the war, from the German-Americans to the Irish-Americans to the African-Americans. The final push into the war found a nation in more resolve to help end this war.

How it relates to modern America puzzles me a bit. Perhaps in the kind of debates we still have about the just causes for war and pacification. The book is well documented. The author is the Professor of History at the US Army War College, so his insights into this largely unknown or forgotten subject were greatly appreciated by me.

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