Woodrow Wilson and the World War: A Chronicle of Our Own TimesThe Floating Press, 1. 7. 2014. - 214 страница From the current vantage point, World War I was but one of a series of global military conflicts that defined the political landscape of the twentieth century. However, in the immediate aftermath of the war, it represented a seismic shift after which nothing would ever be the same again. This probing analysis penned just after the war's end focuses on the key role played by Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president of the United States. |
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... effect to his conclusions." Similar evidence has been offered by members of his Cabinet. But unquestionably, in reaching a conclusion he resents pressure and he permits no one to make up his mind for him; he is, said the German ...
... effect to his conclusions." Similar evidence has been offered by members of his Cabinet. But unquestionably, in reaching a conclusion he resents pressure and he permits no one to make up his mind for him; he is, said the German ...
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... effect he is notably less efficient in the execution than in the formation of policies. Wilson lacks, furthermore, the power of quick decision which is apt to characterize the masterful executive. He is slow to make up his mind, a trait ...
... effect he is notably less efficient in the execution than in the formation of policies. Wilson lacks, furthermore, the power of quick decision which is apt to characterize the masterful executive. He is slow to make up his mind, a trait ...
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... effect, gave to the public some justification for its belief that Wilson's was a "one-man" Government. This belief was further intensified by the President's extreme sensitiveness to hostile criticism, which more than anything else ...
... effect, gave to the public some justification for its belief that Wilson's was a "one-man" Government. This belief was further intensified by the President's extreme sensitiveness to hostile criticism, which more than anything else ...
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... effect produced in Europe by his war speeches might be cited as evidence of this peculiar power. He sought above everything to catch the trend of inarticulate rather than vociferous opinion. If one objects that his patience under German ...
... effect produced in Europe by his war speeches might be cited as evidence of this peculiar power. He sought above everything to catch the trend of inarticulate rather than vociferous opinion. If one objects that his patience under German ...
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... effects, the country owes to Wilson a debt, which historians will doubtless acknowledge, for his insistence that morality must go hand in hand with public policy, that as with individuals, so with governments, true greatness is won by ...
... effects, the country owes to Wilson a debt, which historians will doubtless acknowledge, for his insistence that morality must go hand in hand with public policy, that as with individuals, so with governments, true greatness is won by ...
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Chapter III The Submarine | 33 |
Chapter IV Plots and Preparedness | 48 |
Chapter V America Decides | 62 |
Chapter VI The Nation in Arms | 76 |
Chapter VII The Home Front | 97 |
Chapter VIII The Fighting Front | 123 |
Chapter X Ways of the Peace Conference | 161 |
Chapter XI Balance of Power or League of Nations? | 178 |
Chapter XII The Settlement | 196 |
Chapter XIII The Senate and the Treaty | 208 |
Chapter XIV Conclusion | 222 |
Bibliographical Note | 228 |
Endnotes | 232 |
Chapter IX The Path to Peace | 145 |
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