Unraveling Freedom: The Battle for Democracy on the Homefront During World War I

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Ann Bausum. Unraveling Freedom: The Battle for Democracy on the Homefront During World War I

UNRAVELING FREEDOM

ANN BAUSUM

CONTENTS

FOREWORD. BY TED RALL

INTRODUCTION

1

SUNK

2

A CALL TO ARMS

3

OFF TO KILL THE HUN

4

HOLD YOUR TONGUE

5

BETWEEN WAR AND PEACE

AFTERWORD

Guide to WARTIME PRESIDENTS

TIMELINE

NOTES AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

RESOURCE GUIDE

CITATIONS

ILLUSTRATIONS CREDITS

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The Battle for Democracy on the Home Front During World War I

CHAPTER 2 A CALL TO ARMS

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THE LACK OF A PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM complicated efforts to establish an orderly evacuation of the liner. So did the increasing list of the Lusitania toward its wounded starboard side. Lifeboats hanging on this side of the ship swung away from the deck, almost out of reach. As incoming seawater caused the liner’s bow to sink, the bows of the hanging lifeboats dipped, too, leaving them cockeyed and harder to lower. Many of the seamen trained at launching lifeboats remained trapped below decks. Those who attempted it repeatedly failed to coordinate the complicated effort, dumping the lifeboats’ human cargo—principally women and children—into the ocean.

Meanwhile the listing of the ship caused lifeboats on the Lusitania’s port side to bump against the vessel’s exterior hull as they were lowered, spilling evacuees into the sea. Often then the empty boats crashed down on victims below. In the end, many passengers and crew members simply jumped into the water. Others were swept overboard. Countless more remained trapped on board when the ship sank out of sight at 2:28 p.m.

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