Doughboys, the Great War, and the remaking of America

A force to call our own : establishing a national army

Americans as warriors

The meaning of obedience

The politics of race : racial violence and harmony in the wartime army

Forging their own alliances : American soldiers' relations with the French and Germans

The legacy of the war for the army

War memories : reexamining the social contract

"The Yanks are starving everywhere" : the Bonus March

Epilogue. The Great War's final legacy to the country: the GI Bill.