Conclusion: The New York Press, 1914–1917
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Abstract
Throughout the foregoing chapters, the data presented has pointed in the direction of a challenge to a major interpretation of the reasons behind the American decision of April 6, 1917. This interpretation, generally called “revisionist” or “disillusionist,” is the product of the investigations of numerous historians, writers, and scholars. It might be useful here to briefly summarize the basic revisionist thesis on American intervention in the First World War.1
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- 1.The following discussion is based largely upon the major works of the revisionist authors, especially Edwin Borchard and W. P. Lage, Neutrality for the United States (New Haven, 1940)Google Scholar
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