CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
Preface [v]
Foreword: Entering the War [xiii]
PART ONE
THE FIGHTING FORCES
SECTION I. ON LAND
I.The Making of the Army [3]
II. Housing the Soldiers and Their Supplies [20]
III. Feeding and Equipping the Army [24]
IV.Creating a Munitions Industry [34]
V.Caring for the Wounded [48]
VI. The Welfare of the Soldiers [59]
VII.Maintaining the Army in France [70]
VIII. At the Front [83]
SECTION II. BY SEA
IX. Expansion in the Navy [95]
X. Operating an Ocean Ferry [105]
XI.Working with the Allied Navies [113]
XII. The Navy on Land [120]
XIII.The Wings of the Navy [127]
XIV. The Training of the Reserves [133]
SECTION III. IN THE AIR
XV.Creating a New Branch of Warfare [139]
XVI.Providing the Means [143]
XVII. Training the Men [151]
XVIII.The Balloon Corps [160]
XIX.Flying in France [163]
XX. American Contributions [167]
PART TWO
THE NATION BEHIND THE FIGHTERS
XXI. Financing the War [173]
XXII. The Bridge of Boats [184]
XXIII. Organizing the Nation [198]
XXIV. Informing the Public [206]
XXV. War-time Control of Trade and Industry [220]
XXVI.“The Greatest Mother in the World” [228]
XXVII.Feeding the Nations [236]
XXVIII. The Management of Fuel [250]
XXIX.The Spirit of the People [260]
XXX.Labor and the War [273]
XXXI.Big-Brothering the Fighting Forces [283]
XXXII.Running the Railroads [301]
XXXIII. The Work of Women for the War [311]
XXXIV. Fighting the Underground Enemy [327]
XXXV.At the Heart of the Nation [338]