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Daniel Smith's, The Great Departure illustrates very well

the United State's evolution from a traditionally isolationist

nation to an interventionist nation. WWI literally dragged the

U.S. out of its isolationist shell and placed the U.S. at the

forefront of international politics. The pressure to join WWI

was resisted greatly by the Wilson administration and the

country as a whole. Smith does an excellent job at

presenting the factors that influenced the U.S. to enter the

war and at conveying the mind set of American leaders

during this time and the issues they faced pertaining to the

war.

The author illustrates the factors of interest or the eventual

causes involvement in WWI in chapters II, III, IV. He offers

good points to the issues and now I would like to discuss

some of the issues he has mentioned.

Propaganda was a tool used by Germany and the allies to

influence the U.S., whether that propaganda was used to

keep the U.S. out......

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