1920's Lifestyles and Social Trends | "'These Wild Young People': By One Of Them"

Magazine article

By: John F. Carter Jr.

Date: September 1920

Source: Carter, John F., Jr. "'These Wild Young People': By One Of Them." The Atlantic Monthly, September 1920, 301. About the Author: A contributor to The Atlantic Monthly, author John F. Carter Jr., reflected the angst of American youth in the immediate post-World War I period.

Introduction

In the eyes of some historians, the U.S. government oversold American participation in the First World War as a crusade to remake the world in the image of a democratic America. For instance, the Committee on Public Information, a Wilson administration agency led by one-time Progressive journalist George Creel, set the stage for later disillusionment by characterizing the struggle as "a Crusade not merely to rewin the tomb of Christ, but to bring back to earth the rule of right, the peace, goodwill to men...