The Moralist: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made

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The Moralist: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made

â€œLucid and elegant...On Wilsonâ€™s tortured entrance into World War I, [Oâ€™Toole] is truly superb...As a study of Wilsonâ€™s relationship with Europe, and the intrigues of his foreign policy administration, the book is exemplary.â€â€”The New York Times

â€œOâ€™Toole does full justice to Wilsonâ€™s complexities, but it is with the coming of the war that her narrative takes on something close to Shakespearean dimensions...scrupulously balanced...elegantly crafted.â€â€”The Wall Street Journal

â€œEnlightening...Oâ€™Toole has done students of American history a great service.â€â€”National Review

By the author of acclaimed biographies of Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Adams, a penetrating biography of one of the most high-minded, consequential, and controversial US presidents, Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924). The Moralist is a cautionary tale about the perils of moral vanity and American overreach in foreign affairs.

In domestic affairs, Wilson was a progressive who enjoyed unprecedented success in leveling the economic playing field, but he was behind the times on racial equality and womenâ€™s suffrage. As a Southern boy during the Civil War, he knew the ravages of war, and as president he refused to lead the country into World War I until he was convinced that Germany posed a direct threat to the United States.

Once committed, he was an admirable commander-in-chief, yet he also presided over the harshest suppression of political dissent in American history.

After the war Wilson became the worldâ€™s most ardent champion of liberal internationalismâ€”a democratic new world order committed to peace, collective security, and free trade. With Wilsonâ€™s leadership, the governments at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 founded the League of Nations, a federation of the worldâ€™s democracies. The creation of the League, Wilsonâ€™s last great triumph, was quickly followed by two crushing blows: a paralyzing stroke and the rejection of the treaty that would have allowed the United States to join the League.

After a backlash against internationalism in the 1920s and 1930s, Wilsonâ€™s liberal internationalism was revived by Franklin D. Roosevelt and it has shaped American foreign relationsâ€”for better and worseâ€”ever since.
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780743298094
Model 9780743298094
ReleaseDate 2018-04-24
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EANs 9780743298094

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780743298094
Model	9780743298094
ReleaseDate	2018-04-24
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780743298094

The Moralist: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made

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