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Drawing on newspaper accounts, college yearbooks and the recollections of veterans, this book examines the impact of World War I on sports in the U.S. As young
The Great War in America: World War I and Its Aftermath
Language: en
Pages: 400
Authors: Garrett Peck
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-12-04 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

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A chronicle of the American experience during World War I and the unexpected changes that rocked the country in its immediate aftermath—the Red Scare, race ri
Duty, Honor, Victory
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Gary L. Bloomfield
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"It's hard to imagine Derek Jeter or Tiger Woods heading to Iraq to join the U.S. armed forces. But in World War II no American man between the ages of twenty a
Sport, Militarism and the Great War
Language: en
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-09-13 - Publisher: Routledge

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The Great War has been largely ignored by historians of sport. However sport was an integral part of cultural conditioning into both physiological and psycholog
War Football
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During World War I, American army camps, navy stations and marine barracks formed football's first true all-star teams, competing against each other and top col