Winning a Cause: World War Stories

This volume assembles age-appropriate stories, speeches, poems, and illustrations that trace the United States' entry into the First World War and its military, naval, and diplomatic contributions. It opens with explanations of why America entered the conflict, follows personal episodes of soldiers, sailors, and airmen, and recounts celebrated incidents such as the Lost Battalion and Pershing's remembrance at Lafayette's tomb. It includes presidential messages, accounts of the armistice and the Paris peace negotiations, and patriotic verse and imagery, arranging firsthand reports and literary pieces to help young readers grasp causes, conduct, and consequences of the war from an American perspective.