Shall It Be Again? by John Kenneth Turner read by Ted Lienhart Part 2/2 | Full Audio Book

Shall It Be Again? by John Kenneth Turner (1879 - 1948)
Genre(s): War & Military, Political Science, Modern (20th C)

Read by: Ted Lienhart in English

Parts:

Chapters:
00:00:00 - 24 - XXIV The Noble Democracies and Small Nations
00:18:22 - 25 - XXV What Really Started It
00:45:56 - 26 - XXVI Promise and Performance
01:24:36 - 27 - Our War and Business - XXVII Patriotism of the Profit-Makers
01:56:34 - 28 - XXVIII The Profits of Patriotism
02:24:04 - 29 - XXIX Profit-Seeker and Profit-Server
03:16:53 - 30 - XXX Secret of the War Profits
03:32:48 - 31 - XXXI Wilson Imperialism
03:56:10 - 32 - XXXII Mexico
04:22:05 - 33 - XXXIII Virgin Islands, Haiti, Santo Domingo and Nicaragua
05:00:56 - 34 - XXXIV Strictly Business
05:19:27 - 35 - XXXV 'The Enemy at Home'
05:53:07 - 36 - XXXVI Proof of the Pudding
06:30:41 - 37 - XXXVII 'Reconstruction'

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