Audiobook

Shall It Be Again?

While we now view America’s entry into World War I as a necessary step to save Europe from German domination, it was actually one of the most controversial decisions in U.S. history. At the time, the nation was deeply divided, with huge portions of the population bitterly opposed to joining the fight. In Shall It Be Again?, written just four years after the war ended, John Kenneth Turner contends that President Woodrow Wilson led an unwilling nation into conflict under false pretenses. Turner systematically dismantles the official justifications for the war, labeling them as either hollow or fraudulent. He exposes how Americans were herded into the conflict through government deceit and the harsh suppression of free speech. By reviewing the methods that President Wilson and his allies throughout society and the business sector used to silence dissent and coerce public cooperation in the war effort, Turner provides a striking look at the origins of modern federal power. - Summary by Ted Lienhart

Year of Publication: 1922Genres: War & Military , Modern (20th C) , Political Science

Running Time: 14 hours 06 minutes 38 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	I The Author Explains Ted Lienhart	9:00
2	II Did the American People Want War? Ted Lienhart	14:59
3	III Was America Ever in Danger? Ted Lienhart	14:19
4	Democracy and Getting into War - IV The Responsibility of One Man Ted Lienhart	11:32
5	V Presidential Usurpations to Achieve Belligerency Ted Lienhart	12:58
6	VI Our Stealthy Approach to War Ted Lienhart	13:42
7	VII The 1916 Election Ted Lienhart	15:20
8	Democracy and the Conduct of War - VIII Executive Duplicity in Imposing the War Policies Ted Lienhart	14:27
9	IX "Democratic" Czarism in War-Time Ted Lienhart	20:55
10	X The War Terror Ted Lienhart	34:11
11	Our War "Causes" - XI Motives Claimed for Belligerency Ted Lienhart	11:18
12	XII Protection of American Commerce Ted Lienhart	21:18
13	XIII Preservation of American Lives Ted Lienhart	14:21
14	XIV War for International Law Ted Lienhart	7:22
15	XV International Law — Our Reversals on the Law in 1915 and 1916 Ted Lienhart	12:56
16	XVI International Law — British and German Violations Compared Ted Lienhart	26:34
17	XVII International Law — America's Offenses as Belligerent Ted Lienhart	22:36
18	XVIII Other "Intolerable Wrongs" Ted Lienhart	23:40
19	Our "Objectives" - XIX War for Democracy Ted Lienhart	6:19
20	XX Peace Without Victory Versus Peace From Victory Ted Lienhart	23:01
21	XXI The German World Peril Bugaboo Ted Lienhart	34:03
22	XXII Our Myth of the War's Beginning Ted Lienhart	32:45
23	XXIII The Noble Democracies — Scraps of Paper Atrocities Ted Lienhart	32:44
24	XXIV The Noble Democracies and Small Nations Ted Lienhart	18:22
25	XXV What Really Started It Ted Lienhart	27:34
26	XXVI Promise and Performance Ted Lienhart	38:39
27	Our War and Business - XXVII Patriotism of the Profit-Makers Ted Lienhart	31:58
28	XXVIII The Profits of Patriotism Ted Lienhart	27:29
29	XXIX Profit-Seeker and Profit-Server Ted Lienhart	52:49
30	XXX Secret of the War Profits Ted Lienhart	15:54
31	XXXI Wilson Imperialism Ted Lienhart	23:22
32	XXXII Mexico Ted Lienhart	25:54
33	XXXIII Virgin Islands, Haiti, Santo Domingo and Nicaragua Ted Lienhart	38:50
34	XXXIV Strictly Business Ted Lienhart	18:31
35	XXXV "The Enemy at Home" Ted Lienhart	33:40
36	XXXVI Proof of the Pudding Ted Lienhart	37:34
37	XXXVII "Reconstruction" Ted Lienhart	25:42