"The intimate papers of Colonel House begin with the entrance of the United States into the World War and end with Colonel House's attempt to secure some compromise on the basis of which the Senate might ratify the Versailles Treaty" pr.

One way that it did so was through its police force, which, as John Merriman details in this work, developed into a modern profession during this period.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.