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Woodrow Wilson (Hardcover)
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Woodrow Wilson (Hardcover)
Series: Profiles In Power
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Most famous in Europe for his efforts to establish the League of
Nations under US leadership at the end of the First World War,
Woodrow Wilson stands as one of America's most influential and
visionary presidents. A Democrat who pursued progressive domestic
policies during his first term in office, he despised European
colonialism and believed that the recipe for world peace was the
self-determination of all peoples, particularly those under the
yoke of the vast Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian Empires. His efforts
to resist heavy reparations on Germany fell on deaf ears, while the
refusal of France, Russia and Britain to accept a League of Nations
led by America, together with the US Senate's refusal to ratify the
League, led to its ultimate failure. Woodrow Wilson has
traditionally been seen by both admirers and critics as an idealist
and a heroic martyr to the cause of internationalism. But John
Thompson takes a different view, arguing that Wilson was a
pragmatist, whose foreign policy was flexible and responsive to
pressures and events. His conclusion, that Wilson was in fact an
exceptionally skilful politician, who succeeded in maintaining
national unity whilst leading America onto the world stage for the
first time in its history, offers a challenging interpretation for
anyone interested in the man and his era.
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