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Representative Perl Decker had asked whether , in light of Great Britain's wanton disregard of generally accepted mari- time codes , the United States was to " go to war to prevent a modification of international law governing the use ...
Representative Perl Decker had asked whether , in light of Great Britain's wanton disregard of generally accepted mari- time codes , the United States was to " go to war to prevent a modification of international law governing the use ...
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Yet because Wilson had been unremittingly " badgered and abused and slandered " by the war - mad East , asserted Alabama's Democratic Representative , John Burnett , the President was not wholly to blame for his forgetfullness .
Yet because Wilson had been unremittingly " badgered and abused and slandered " by the war - mad East , asserted Alabama's Democratic Representative , John Burnett , the President was not wholly to blame for his forgetfullness .
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clash of economic interests ... , " the Socialist from New York , Representative Meyer London , had insisted . " Poor little Serbia wanted access to the Adriatic so as not to be crushed by prohibitive tariffs , " London had continued .
clash of economic interests ... , " the Socialist from New York , Representative Meyer London , had insisted . " Poor little Serbia wanted access to the Adriatic so as not to be crushed by prohibitive tariffs , " London had continued .
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Contents
The People versus the Interests | 19 |
The Anathemas Foreign Entanglements | 34 |
A Great Step Backward | 48 |
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| Title | Congressional Opposition to War: 1917 |
| Author | Clarence Ruben Stay |
| Contributor | Stanford University. Department of History |
| Publisher | Stanford University, 1961 |
| Length | 162 pages |
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