Posted on 06/29/2023 11:56:58 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Mr. Neiberg's presentation to the National Security Seminar and the class of 2018 during their capstone week.
Michael S. Neiberg - Why the US Entered the First World War and Why it Matters | 54:46
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US bankers loaned a lot of money to Britain and would have been in trouble if Britain lost the war. Plus, the American Establishment felt very close to the UK, as did Wilson, whose grandparents were born there. Then there was all the propaganda, as well as the U-Boat attacks, the Zimmermann telegram, and the activities of German saboteurs.
Winston Churchill said in the Thirties that we should have stayed out, but at the time, he and the rest of the British government were dying to get us into the war. Most of the war correspondents supported Britain and France. It’s said though, that John Reed was in the German trenches, took potshots at the allied troops on the other side, and got into trouble for it.
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