Word: conflict
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...have conquered our hesitancy, now that we have conquered the vain idealism of peace, we will go into war as we have always gone into war: seeking no end but the utmost end, stopping not one stride short of victory. We will put a new idealism into the conflict of national ideals, so that other peoples may know the greatness of our national spirit, and wonder as they admire at the emerging of our power...
...United States, is hereby formally declared; and that the President be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of the United States and the resources of the Government to carry on war against the Imperial German Government; and to bring the conflict to a successful termination all of the resources of the country are hereby pledged by the Congress of the United States...
...produces in brave men an eagerness to be of immediate service. This is natural; it is good; but there is something better. The soldier's task requires patience in matters of which he cannot see the direct utility. Most undergraduates want to help the country in the coming conflict; but the Government itself has not yet formed in detail its plans for raising an army, or at least has not made them public, and the student is still more in the dark about the opportunities that will be open to him. Until he knows more he will do well...
...hereby, authorized and directed to take immediate steps not only to put the country in a thorough state of defence, but also to exert all of its power and employ all of its resources to carry on war against the Imperial German Government, and to bring the conflict to a successful termination...
...actual hostilities between the armed forces of Germany and the United States or declaration by Germany, even before Congress has time to convene and act. Our relation with the Entente Allies of Europe will then be almost as important as the part we are to play in the actual conflict. The discussion of the problem of our foreign relations after the war by trained debaters who have made careful study and preparation should do much to define the principles involved. The American undergraduate, while he is not lacking in opinion, is often deplorably ignorant of the actual facts that form...