B. A. Fiske, The Navy as a Fighting Machine, passim;
R. M. Johnston, Leading American Soldiers, especially pp. 3-65;
E. H. Crowder, The Spirit of Selective Service, pp. 59-92;
R. R. McCormick, The Army of 1918, pp. 207-243.
Group Problems
1. In what ways did the World War differ from previous wars? What predictions have been made concerning the weapons and tactics of the next war? How can preparedness best be made for such a war? References: J. F. Rhodes, History of the Civil War, pp. 1-46; B. Crowell and R. F. Wilson, How America Went to War, Vol. I, pp. 3-14; Will Irwin, The Next War, pp. 33-66; Emory Upton, The Military Policy of the United States, passim; Erich von Ludendorff, Ludendorff’s Own Story, passim; Baron Horff von Dewitz, War’s New Weapons, pp. 5-48; W. L. McPherson, The Strategy of the Great War, pp. 80-118; D. W. Johnson, Topography and Strategy in the War, pp. 1-40.
2. How can the causes of war be removed? Should we have international disarmament? References: G. L. Dickinson, The Choice Before Us, pp. 166-186; H. M. Kallen, The Structure of Lasting Peace, pp. 141-187; A. T. Mahan, Armaments and Arbitration, pp. 15-35; F. W. Holls, The Peace Conference at The Hague, pp. 66-92; J. B. Scott, The Status of the International Court of Justice, pp. 1-30; John Bakeless, The Economic Causes of Modern Wars, pp. 177-195.
3. The National Army of 1917-1918: how it was raised, trained, and used. References: E. H. Crowder, The Spirit of Selective Service, pp. 115-175; Selective Service Regulations (revised edition), pp. 1-30; R. B. Perry, The Plattsburg Movement, pp. 173-214; Leonard P. Ayres, The War with Germany, pp. 13-48; R. R. McCormick, The Army of 1918, pp. 1-57.
Short Studies
1. The War Department. John A. Fairlie, National Administration, pp. 133-151.