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W. Stull Holt was 20 years old when he sailed for France in late March 1917 to join the American Ambulance Field Service. His patriotism, idealism, and desire for adventure had motivated him to volunteer just weeks before the U.S. declared war against Germany in April 1917. Holt ardently supported the war effort, and when his six-month contract with the AAFS was completed, he enlisted in the American Air Service where he won his pilot's wings, then applied for observer training.

Holt was assigned as an observer-bombardier-gunner with the famed 20th Aero Squadron of the American 1st Daylight Bombardment Group, which dropped more bombs than any other American squadron at the front in World War I. He served near Verdun during the French summer offensive of 1917 where he was gassed; he later was awarded the French Croix de Guerre.

After World War I, Holt obtained an A.B. from Cornell (1920), an M.A. from George Washington University (1923), and a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. He served on the faculties of George Washington and Johns Hopkins Universities until 1940, when he became chairman of the department of history at the University of Washington. In 1942, taking leave from the University of Washington, Holt volunteered to serve in World War II. As Commanding Officer of an Intelligence unit in the European zone, he worked closely with the British to rescue some 2,000 U.S. Army Air Forces aircrew members from German-occupied territory by means of underground organizations. He was awarded the British OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire), as well as an American medal.

At the age of 70, in 1967, Holt retired from the University of Washington. His scholarly interests centered on American foreign relations and on American historiography. His best-known book was Treaties Defeated by the Senate (1933).

Stull Holt was an elected member of the Council of the American Historical Association, and in 1963-1964 served as executive secretary of the Association and editor of the American Historical Review. Holt was also active in local, state, and national politics. In both 1968 and 1972 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention and a member of the National Platform Committee.

Holt's diaries and papers were edited for publication by Dr. Maclyn P. Burg, who for ten years was an archivist at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, Kansas. Dr. Burg obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Washington and knew Stull Holt there. But shortly before Burg had completed editing the manuscript, he died suddenly.

Professor Thomas J. Pressly, professor of history emeritus, University of Washington, Seattle, had consulted with Maclyn Burg during the editorial process and also had known Stull Holt well for many years. At Burg's death, Pressly was asked to take charge of the Holt manuscript, and The Great War at Home and Abroad is the result of Burg's and Pressly's work.

Professor Pressly, Civil War historian and educator, received his A.B., AM., and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University (1940, 1941, 1950), with an LL.D. from Whitman College (1981). Among his writings are Americans Interpret Their Civil War (1954, 1962); Diary of George Templeton Strong, Ed. (abridged, 1988); and Voices from the House Divided, Ed. with Glen M. Linden (1995).

Contents List of Maps Acknowledgments Preface Editor's Note Introduction
Part One	American Field Ambulance Service March 3, 1917-September 20, 1917,
Part Two	Learning to Fly in France September 21, 1917-August 27, 1918
Part Three	Air Combat and Return Home August 30, 1918-July 6, 1919
Epilogue
Appendix	Maps and Photos from Stull Holt's Album; 1917-1918

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