World War I New Mexico

by Daniel R. Cillis PhD

Overview

In 1917, five years after New Mexico received its statehood, the United States entered World War I. With border tensions festering between Mexico and the United States, Germany attempted unsuccessfully to secure Mexico's allegiance with its Zimmermann Telegram. More than sixteen thousand New Mexicans joined the military, while civilians supported from the home front. Groups like the Knights of Columbus, YMCA and the Salvation Army, as well as Governor W.E. Lindsey's New Mexico Council of Defense, raised military funding. Author Daniel R. Cillis recounts the Land of Enchantment's influence on World War I from its beginning through to the 1918 Armistice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467135313
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	04/10/2017
Series:	Military
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	1,077,091
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Dr. Daniel R. Cillis is a professor at Molloy College in New York, where he teaches leadership and management courses. He has also taught at the University of New Mexico. Dr. Cillis is the author of two historical novels: Water Damage, about Germany's secret war against the United States, and Statehood of Affairs, about New Mexico statehood and Southwest border issues. He has appeared on Good Day New Mexico and was featured in the Albuquerque Journal, the Santa Fe New Mexican and the Rio Rancho Observer. Dr. Cillis served in the U.S. Army, strategic communications command, with top-secret and NATO security clearances. He lives in New York and in New Mexico.

Table of Contents

Foreword David C'de Baca 7

Acknowledgments 9

Note to Readers. Centenary 11

Prologue. Christmas Ceasefire 15

1 The Great War 19

2 The Western front: 1914-1916 27

3 Columbus, New Mexico: March 1916 34

4 The Zimmermann Affair: January 1917 38

5 Lafayette, We Are Here: June 1917 41

6 'The Western Front: Spring of 1918 45

7 American Doughboys: Fall of 1918 49

8 New Mexico Doughboys I 56

9 The Home From 85

10 New Mexico Doughboys II 91

Epilogue. November 11, 1918 121

References 127

About the Author 128