"The Next War"
Magazine article
By: Harvey Washington Wiley
Date: January 1919
Source: Wiley, Harvey Washington. "The Next War." Good Housekeeping, January 1919, 44–45.
About the Author: Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley (1844–1930), was a major figure in the campaign to induce the U.S. government to enact the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act, which established the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). President Theodore Roosevelt appointed Wiley to be the first commissioner of the FDA, which he headed from 1907 until 1912.
Introduction
The First World War served as a watershed event in American history in a variety of ways. The Wilson administration presented the struggle to the public as a moral crusade to "make the world safe for democracy." For many ordinary citizens, the war was a reason to remake American society to render the country a fitting place for returning...
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