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Wilson, Volume II - The New Freedom (Paperback)
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Wilson, Volume II - The New Freedom (Paperback)
Series: Princeton Legacy Library
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Woodrow Wilson was swept into the White House on the basis of a
program characterized by the words "The New Freedom." The exciting
story of his attempts to put this program into effect, in spite of
a sometimes recalcitrant congress, makes up the body of this book,
the second volume in Professor Link's monumental biography of
Wilson. Covering the first two years of his presidency and
concentrating on domestic issues, Professor Link shows Wilson
meeting the complex demands of his new office, selecting his
cabinet, paying political debts, organizing congressional support,
seeking the approval of the public. Wilson was deeply committed to
the reform program, and in the fight to put it into effect the
personalities of the Wilson circle and its opponents appear
vividly. The picture of Wilson as an astute politician adapting and
shaping the forces around him is especially revealing in view of
the popular stereotype of Wilson as an impractical, uncompromising
idealist. The book also describes the Mexican intervention and the
beginnings of the New Freedom diplomacy in Latin American affairs,
taking the reader up to the brink of World War I. It is a worthy
sequel to the famous first volume, Wilson: The Road to the White
House, and will leave its readers eager for the next volume on the
problems of neutrality. Originally published in 1956. The Princeton
Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again
make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished
backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the
original texts of these important books while presenting them in
durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton
Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly
heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton
University Press since its founding in 1905.
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