This volume opens with Wilson's tour of the Middle West and West
to generate popular support for the League of Nations and to force
the Senate to consent to the ratification of the Versailles Treaty
without any significant reservations to the League Covenant. After
the first speech of the tour, in Columbus, Ohio, Wilson travels to
Missouri and Minnesota, the Northwest, California, and into the
central Rocky Mountain states. His already dangerous hypertension
escalates due to his punishing schedule, and he suffers
increasingly from headaches, difficulties in breathing, and periods
of cardiac arrest. After a stroke warning on September 26, his
doctor cancels the remaining speeches, and the presidential special
train returns to Washington.
Wilson does suffer a stroke on October 2 and nearly dies from a
urinary obstruction two weeks later. As he lies ill during October
and early November, Tumulty and members of the cabinet carry on the
domestic business of the country and deal with a nationwide coal
strike. But Wilson will not permit Lansing to take any action on
important foreign policy matters. The nation's state of affairs is
parlous as the volume ends.
General
Imprint: |
Princeton University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Papers of Woodrow Wilson |
Release date: |
November 1990 |
First published: |
November 1990 |
Authors: |
Woodrow Wilson
|
Editors: |
Arthur S. Link
• J. E. Little
|
Dimensions: |
235 x 152 x 50mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
704 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-691-04775-1 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
0-691-04775-8 |
Barcode: |
9780691047751 |
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