Department of History

The psychological damage inflicted by the stupefying bombardments of World War I was called shell shock, a term and aptly described the feelings of the post-war world. This program illustrates America's reluctant emergence as a world power and analyzes the impact of the wholesale sense of loss-of life, of husbands and fathers, and of sacred ideals such as honor, patriotism, and glory-that sprang from "the war to end all wars."