| 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] |