An illustrated essay on the British military units that were composed of men who were friends, neighbors, and co-workers. Many of these units were nearly wiped out in the course of battle, leaving some towns with very few men after the war.
An article examining the role played by popular music in advancing the cause of the American peace movement during WWI. Full color sheet music illustrations.
This document was published jointly by the Fellowship of Reconciliation, Pax Christi, Peace Pledge Union, Quaker Peace and Social Witness, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom in 2013.
This anti-war essay by the American writer Randolph Bourne is most famous for its assertion that "War is the health of the state." It was discovered after his death in 1918.
This website, from the US State Department's Office of the Historian, discusses the 1919 Peace Conference and the resulting Treaty that was instrumental in the start of WWII.