{"product_id":"book-c2lo","title":"The World Remade","description":"\u003cb\u003eA piercing, indispensable account of America’s pivotal involvement in World War I, rich with fresh insights into the tumultuous politics and towering historical figures that defined the era—from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe World Unmade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eThe World Remade\u003c\/i\u003e] succeeds brilliantly . . . Meyer tells the story with brio. Characters come alive and the past seems near.”—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter years of bitter debate, the United States declared war on Imperial Germany on April 6, 1917, plunging the country into the vicious European conflict that would redraw the globe. When it declared war, the United States was the youngest of the major powers and militarily the weakest by far. On November 11, 1918, when the fighting stopped, it was not only the richest country on earth but the mightiest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the mercurial, autocratic President Woodrow Wilson as a primary focus, G. J. Meyer takes readers from the heated deliberations over U.S. involvement, through the provocations and manipulations that drew us into the fight, to the battlefield itself and the shattering aftermath of the struggle. Though America’s entry into the Great War was instrumental to the defeat of Germany, victory led to a peace treaty so ill-conceived, so vindictive, that the world was put on the road to an even bloodier confrontation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the home front, Meyer recounts the break-up of traditional class structures, the rise of the progressive and labor movements, the wave of anti-German hysteria, and the explosive expansion of both the economy and federal power, including shocking suspensions of constitutional protections that planted the seeds of today’s national security state. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStunning in scope, \u003ci\u003eThe World Remade\u003c\/i\u003e interweaves the many strands of this story into a gripping narrative that casts new light on one of the darkest, most forgotten corners of U.S. history and adds a compelling, uniquely American dimension to our understanding of the seminal conflict of the twentieth century.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49332166197552,"sku":"BDc2lo","price":32.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/c2lo-Square-cover.jpg?v=1771657958","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-c2lo","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}