+ Booklist 16:165 F ’20
“Professor Usher’s story is told with wonderful vigor, great picturesqueness and with a rare comprehension of causes and of effects. His final brief discussion of the query, ‘Who won the war?’ is illuminating and beyond doubt thoroughly correct in its findings.” E. J. C.
+ Boston Transcript p6 Ja 17 ’20 550w
“It was to be expected that what was written under the stress of war should partake largely of the character of propaganda, but the war is now a matter of history and we have a right to expect that historical students will try to assume a more judicial attitude toward the events of the past few years. The chief objection to Mr Usher’s work is that its viewpoint is that of 1917.” L. M. L.
− + Mississippi Valley Hist R 7:76 Je ’20 330w
“It is a serious handicap to American history that much of it is now written to meet the needs of the immature mind, that is, for the college audience. Professor Usher has composed a ‘story of the war’ in which the bright boy will find just what he wants, but in which the thoughtful man can grasp little to satisfy him.” Preserved Smith
− + Nation 110:302 Mr 6 ’20 220w
“This history is terse, clear, and well proportioned. It will serve satisfactorily as a ready reference book and for schools, and will help in reading the more elaborate histories that will later appear.”
+ Outlook 124:161 Ja 28 ’20 40w
“The volume is attractively illustrated.”