Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-285) and index
A force to call our own : establishing a national army -- Americans as warriors -- The meaning of obedience -- The politics of race : racial violence and harmony in the wartime army -- Forging their own alliances : American soldiers' relations with the French and Germans -- The legacy of the war for the army -- War memories : reexamining the social contract -- "The Yanks are starving everywhere" : the Bonus March -- Epilogue. The Great War's final legacy to the country: the GI Bill