America’s War for Humanity

A relief ship bound for Belgium is sunk despite carrying the German government’s own safe conduct. Before Congress, Woodrow Wilson calls the submarine campaign “a war against mankind”—and says America must choose how to answer.

Thomas Herbert Russell’s early-twentieth-century account opens as the Great War’s devastation reaches beyond Europe and the United States confronts the collapse of its neutrality. Wilson lays out the case: merchant ships and civilian lives are being destroyed without warning, while armed neutrality cannot keep Americans safe. He urges Congress to accept the country’s new status as a belligerent and commit its people, industry and resources to the conflict. The appeal is grave, not vengeful, and its consequences stretch far beyond the chamber. What will America’s decision demand of the nation—and what will it change?

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