Antiwar Dissent and Peace Activism in World War I AmericaWorld War I was a watershed in modern world history. On the battlefield, millions were slaughtered by chemical warfare, machine guns, and trench warfareand this senseless bloodletting remains the most enduring legacy of the Great War. Critical to understanding the wars significance is the often overlooked emergence of a modern dynamic grassroots peace movement that both opposed war and sought to abolish its social causes. Edited by Scott H. Bennett