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In simply a few years early in the twentieth century, the government grew from one small cog in the machinery of American life into a colossus, managing the behavior of each person. Paranoia, suspicion, and hatred of foreigners took hold, forming the mind-set with which the land made its first acquaintance with communism in 1918. It was a seminal period in the history of the United States and the earth, however the American side of the storyline has remained mainly untold. THE FANTASTIC Warfare was the gateway through which our ancestors approved from the relative innocence of the nineteenth century into our very own troubled, uncertain age. The Last Days and nights of Innocence explores this huge mobilization during America's nineteen weeks of battle with Germany in 1917 and 1918, including its corrosive effects on lifestyle at home.