Overview
āIn graceful prose and deep scholarship, Patricia OāToole casts new light on the presidency of Woodrow Wilsonā (Star Tribune, Minneapolis). The Moralist shows how Wilson was a progressive who enjoyed unprecedented success in leveling the economic playing field, but he was behind the times on racial equality and womenās 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 worldās most ardent champion of liberal internationalismāa democratic new world order committed to peace, collective security, and free trade. With Wilsonās leadership, the governments at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 founded the League of Nations, a federation of the worldās democracies. The creation of the League, Wilsonās 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. Ultimately, Wilsonās liberal internationalism was revived by Franklin D. Roosevelt and it has shaped American foreign relationsāfor better and worseāever since.
A cautionary tale about the perils of moral vanity and American overreach in foreign affairs, The Moralist ādoes full justice to Wilsonās complexitiesā (The Wall Street Journal).
This book title, The Moralist (Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made) - 9780743298100, ISBN: 9780743298100, by Patricia O'Toole, published by Simon & Schuster (April 16, 2019) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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