Ep. 251 – Debating America’s response to the Great War
Published on 18 April 2022
Podcast Guest: Dr Neil Lanctot
Historian Dr Neil Lanctot talks about his recent book The Approaching Storm which explores the domestic debates and discussions that informed America’s response to the outbreak of the Great War and its eventual declaration of war in April 1917.
The Approaching Storm explores the perspectives of three prominent US newsmakers: President Woodrow Wilson, former President Theodore Roosevelt and social activist Jane Addams and examines how their views on how America should respond to the outbreak of the Great War in Europe mirrored the wider debate in America at the time.