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PANEL DISCUSSION | UNIVERSITE PARIS-SORBONNE | 25.11.17 PANEL: Professor Sir Hew Strachan(Chair) | Professor George-Henri Soutou | Professor Jennifer Keene CONTEXT Peace negotiations were conducted alongside military conflict from the outset of WW1, but it was President Wilson’s attempt to arbitrate in December 1916 that initiated the serious push for peace. By then, the fighting on the Western Front had revealed the full horror of modern industrial warfare. However, Wilson discovered that to secure peace America would have to join the fight. DISCUSSION SIR HEW STRACHAN (Professor of International Relations, University of St Andrews), GEORGES-HENRI SOUTOU (Professor Emeritus, Paris-Sorbonne, Institut de France) and PROFESSOR JENNIFER KEENE (Chair, Department of History, Chapman University) on: (1) the Franco-American relationship prior to American entry into WW1; (2) America's entry into WW1 in April 1917, including the arrival of American troops in France, and their reception; and (3) the legacy of Amer