Book discussion of Byron Farwells, Over There (W.W. Norton, 2000)

A Book Discussion on `Over There ' by Byron Farwell

`Over There : The United States in the Great War , 1917-1918 ' discusses the true story of war which involves America 's first war overseas that happened in these years . The said war seems to be a prelude of the much terrifying First World War . The 1917 war of US troop has been labeled as the WWI Red Scare . In this time , the US is aggressively fighting with French , British , Germany , and later on with Russia . Byron Farwell 's book tries to bring out American experiences

such as soldier 's heroism and bravery , the politics , industrial participation , and military organization during this time

The book introduces the by talking about where the war believably has begun . Considering the argument of the Theodore Roosevelt along with other co-interventionists , the book explains why and how the President Thomas Woodrow Wilson by that time is being left alone while trying to personally control and negotiate with the Germans . Says the book , Wilson was once been named isolationist . Although not properly written in the book the reason why the interventionist group has viewed Wilson as being so slow in managing the war , Wilson 's sacrifices however results to having the armistice treaty which signed by the two parties the US and the Germany , at the Compiegne Forest railway carriage on November 11 , 1918 , as it suggested as the ending of the battle , and this was only discussed briefly somewhere in the later part of the text...