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As 1918 was the last year of World War I, some alternative terms could be First World War, WWI, or Great War.
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Kristen Finch, JSTOR Daily, 21 Apr. 2025
Shaking your fist at the fools who started the First World War and condemned millions to a meaningless death seems jejune; historians teach us to say that the generals did their best under impossible conditions.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
McPherson rose to prominence during the golden age of P.R., when Ivy Lee was talking up the Rockefellers and the Democratic Party and Edward Bernays was selling everything from Dixie cups to the First World War.
—Casey Cep, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
The First World War profoundly changed the world’s financial architecture.
—David McWilliams, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
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Kristen Finch, JSTOR Daily, 21 Apr. 2025
Shaking your fist at the fools who started the First World War and condemned millions to a meaningless death seems jejune; historians teach us to say that the generals did their best under impossible conditions.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
McPherson rose to prominence during the golden age of P.R., when Ivy Lee was talking up the Rockefellers and the Democratic Party and Edward Bernays was selling everything from Dixie cups to the First World War.
—Casey Cep, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
The First World War profoundly changed the world’s financial architecture.
—David McWilliams, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
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“First World War.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/First%20World%20War. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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