View the Table of Contents. Read the Preface.
aDiNunio has done a spectacular job of revealing the
intelligence and humanity of a man often clouded by legend.a
--Choice: Highly recommended.
"DiNunzio has weighted his selections toward Wilson's
prepresidential career, making much of the book unique."
--"Library Journal"
"DiNunzio suggests that Woodrow Wilson was the first and only
scholar-president. Wilson remade Princeton University as a
first-rate bastion of liberal-arts learning as its first layman
president before serving as New Jersey governor and later ushering
the nation through the Progressive Era and into World War I."
--"Timeoff"
From the Ivy League to the oval office, Woodrow Wilson was the
only professional scholar to become a U.S. president. A professor
of history and political science, Wilson became the dynamic
president of Princeton University in 1902 and was one of its most
prolific scholars before entering active politics. Through his
labors as student, scholar, and statesman, he left a legacy of
elegant writings on everything from educational reform to religion
to history and politics.
Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the
Scholar-President collects Wilsonas most influential work, from
early essays on religion to his famous aFourteen Pointsa speech,
which introduced the idea of the League of Nations. Among the last
of the presidents to write his own speeches, Wilson left behind
works which offer impressive insights into his mind and his
age.
Deeply religious, Wilson looked to his faith to guide his life
and wrote candidly about the connection. A passionate advocate of
liberal learning, he broadcast his ideas on educationalreform with
missionary intensity. In politics he moved from a traditional
nineteenth-century conservative view of government to a
progressive, international vision which transformed American
politics in the new century. His writings allow us to trace the
intellectual struggle that took the nation from a position of
neutrality in World War I to its role as a central player on the
world stage.
Penetrating and eloquent, the works gathered here represent the
best and the most important of Wilsonas writings that retain
enduring interest. A rich repository of ideas on the American
people and Americaas purpose in the world, these works reveal the
thoughts of one of the most acute analysts and actors in the drama
of American politics.
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