The Anglo-German Naval Race before World War One is an example of militarism. At the time, Britain had the world’s strongest navy. The ruler of Germany, Kaiser Wilhelm, wanted to build a navy ...

"[The shells] simply dropped from space like some huge meteorite." On March 21, 1918, terror suddenly rained down from the ...

The U.S. wasn't ready for war: While European powers had entered World War I with large, standing armies, the U.S. military ranks ... a response to low enlistment during peacetime, the Navy ...

American industry provided almost two-thirds of all the Allied military equipment ... America produced during the war; the Waterman Steamship Company boasted one of the nation’s largest merchant ...