How did World War I differ from other wars that the US entered?

Answer 1

WW I differed from the others in a lot of ways. It was the breakaway point in terms of battlefield technology. WW I was our first conflict where automatic weapons, aircraft, armor were widely used. Better communications. Vastly improved command and control at all levels of command.

Politically, WW I probably qualified as our first venture into a conflict where our own self-interests and justifications were ambiguous. Until a year or two before we entered the war, it wasn't even a certainty which side we'd favor.

But more than those, WW I differed from all previous wars of all nations in the sense it was the beginning of the single great war of the 20th Century. A war so pervasive, so constant that the residents of the planet became absorbed in a habit of paranoia, came to take mobilization and militarization for granted as the natural state.

That's probably what's most profoundly different about WW I. The legacy, the curse, of militarization and the habits of thought accompanying it.

Answer 2

WWI for America was different in many ways.

The first global conflict,as for all belligerents involved,was the first ever mechanized war seeing many new technologies show up on the battlefield while,most of those in charge did not know how to fight a war with them.

It was also the first time the U.S. had became involved in a conflict overseas ignoring it's policy of "keeping out of world affairs"

It saw General John J. Pershing create and take into battle for the first time as it's own army : The American Expeditionary Force.Many aspects of the AEF have changed very little to this day.

WWI established the United States of America as a world superpower.

Answer 3

In the Civil War, the North fought against the South.
In the Spanish-American War, the Americans fought against Spain, and was given Spain's former colonies of Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico. Cuba was given limited freedom, and America still maintains a naval base at Guantanamo, Cuba.
In the Philippine-American War, the Americans fought against the First Philippine Republic, and only granted/recognized the Philippines as an independent country in 1946.
In World War I, American was not fighting against itself, it was not fighting to take control of a former colonial power's colonies, and it was not fighting to deny a former colony its independence.

Answer 4

It was the first European conflict that the U.S. ever entered. It brought isolationist America into the big picture of world politics and paved the way to becoming a dominant world power, both politically and economically.

Answer 5

this was a war with new weapons such as the machine gun,tank,submarine,airplane, and flamethrower and a new way to fight, trench warfare. also it was the first war they fought overseas.

Answer 6

The Yanks got to take part in the Victory Parade instead of hiding in their foxholes. :).