World War I New Mexico

World War I New MexicoDescription by Daniel R. Cillis, PhD Paperback In 1917, five years after New Mexico received its statehood, the United States entered World War I. With border tensions festering between Mexico and the United States, Germany attempted unsuccessfully to secure Mexico's allegiance with its Zimmermann Telegram. More than sixteen thousand New Mexicans joined the military, while civilians supported from the home front. Groups like the Knights of Columbus,

Based on previously untapped Ottoman and European sources

and other policies

Based on a rich array of sources that capture the voices of both political leaders and ordinary Americans

has been called "Military City USA" for many years

Richard Slotkin takes the pulse of a nation struggling with social inequality during a decisive historical moment

This patriotic deck features full-color posters from military recruitment campaign ads and wartime public service programs

With narrative verve and fresh eyes

such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B

but it nevertheless remained a powerful ideal that sparked the hopes of black people throughout the country for societal change

while France—having lost to Prussia in 1871

was uncompromising in his belief that the United States would rise to a position of leadership in the peaceful union of states that he had envisaged

Ten years after they left