the First World War.

Why: huge cultural wrench for the West; begat WWII; first truly industrial
"total war" emphasized/caused major changes in art, literature, politics,
geopolitics, culture, etc etc.

(US Civil War was also "industrial" but that's another discussion, and
another century)

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Doug Lantry
The Ohio Historical Society
Statehouse Education and Visitors Center
Columbus, Ohio
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