Title: 100th Anniversary of U.S. Entry into World War I | C-SPAN.org
Headings: 100th Anniversary of U.S. Entry into World War I
100th Anniversary of U.S. Entry into World War I
100th Anniversary of U.S. Entry into World War I

Content: SO THESE THINGS THEN COME TOGETHER, THE RISE OF WORKERS MOVEMENTS, THE SO, SO MANY OF THOSE WERE THEN SETTING THE TINDERBOX TINDERBOX WHICH THEN WITH THAT MATCH BEING STRUCK SET THE WORLD AFLAME. >> HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED? IS IT 70 MILLION IS THE NUMBER OF COMBAT TANTS? >> YES. >> HOW MANY PEOPLE DIED MINIMUM TEAR AND CIVILIAN DIED IN WORLD WAR I? >> WE WOULD SAY THERE WERE AT LEAST 9 MILLION COMBATANT DEATHS. IT'S REASONABLE TO SAY THAT PERHAPS 60 MILLION WERE KILLED AND THEN THERE'S THE IMPACT OF THE FLU, YOU KNOW, AS WELL, WHICH CERTAINLY IT'S NOT AS A RESULT OF THE WAR BUT CERTAINLY IS -- IS EXACERBATED BECAUSE OF THAT. BUT DO YOU
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EVER REALLY KNOW? NOBODY EXPECTED DEATHS AT THIS SORT OF SCALE. SO HOW DO YOU COUNT WHEN THE DEATHS ARE HAPPENING PARTICULARLY EARLIER ON IN THE
WAR AT THE RATE IN WHICH THEY ARE AND SOCIETIES ARE NOT ANTICIPATE -- THEY'RE NOT SET UP TO COUNT THOSE SORTS OF DEATHS.