This History U course explores American involvement in World War I both in Europe and at home.
Course Instructor: Professor Michael Neiberg, US Army War College
Eligibility: High school students
Image Source: Photograph of the Lehigh Valley pier after the Black Tom explosion, 1916 (Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 2014702615)
History U
Free for high school students
This History U course explores American involvement in World War I both in Europe and at home. The era of the First World War was a crucial period in the development of modern America as a nation on the international scene and in terms of economic, social, and political institutions at home. In this course, Professor Michael Neiberg of the US Army War College explores the forces that brought America into the war, the country's involvement, and its emergence into the post-war world.
The views expressed in this course are those of Dr. Michael Neiberg.
Zach MacIntosh explains what you will learn in this course.
Michael Neiberg, Chair of War Studies, US Army War College
Michael Neiberg is the chair of war studies at the US Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He previously taught at the US Air Force Academy and the University of Southern Mississippi. Dr. Neiberg has conducted extensive research on World War I and World War II through the lenses of social, military, and world history. Some of his books include When France Fell: The Vichy Crisis and the Fate of the Anglo-American Alliance, The Path to War: How the First World War Created Modern America, and Making Citizen-Soldiers: ROTC and the Ideology of American Military Service.
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