The Illusion Of Victory: America In World War IBasic Books, 5. 8. 2008. - 352 страница The political history of the American experience in World War I is a story of conflict and bungled intentions that begins in an era dedicated to progressive social reform and ends in the Red Scare and Prohibition. Thomas Fleming tells this story through the complex figure of Woodrow Wilson, the contradictory president who wept after declaring war, devastated because he knew it would destroy the tolerance of the American people, but who then suppressed freedom of speech and used propaganda to excite America into a Hun-hating mob. This is tragic history: inexperienced American military leaders drove their troops into gruesome slaughters; progressive politics were put on hold in America; an idealistic president's dreams were crushed because of his own negligence. Wilson's inability to convince Congress to ratify U.S. membership in the League of Nations was one of the most poignant failures in the history of the American presidency, but even more heartrending were Wilson's concessions to his bitter allies in the Treaty of Versailles. In exchange for Allied support of the League of Nations, he allowed an unfair peace treaty to be signed, a treaty that played no small role in the rise of National Socialism and the outbreak of World War II. Thomas Fleming has once again created a masterpiece of narrative American history. This incomparable portrait shows how Wilson sacrificed his noble vision to megalomania and single-mindedness, while paying homage to him as a visionary whose honorable spirit continues to influence Western politics. |
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... United States of America. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, address Basic Books ...
... United States of America. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, address Basic Books ...
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... United States.The message had been intercepted by British crypt- analysts and discreetly leaked to the American government. Most diplomats would have dismissed the dispatch as a forgery. But the Germans, imbued with the righteousness of ...
... United States.The message had been intercepted by British crypt- analysts and discreetly leaked to the American government. Most diplomats would have dismissed the dispatch as a forgery. But the Germans, imbued with the righteousness of ...
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... United States when it went to war against Germany transpired. But the real President Wilson was unlikely to have foreseen these developments, for a very simple reason: He had only the dimmest idea of how the United States would fight ...
... United States when it went to war against Germany transpired. But the real President Wilson was unlikely to have foreseen these developments, for a very simple reason: He had only the dimmest idea of how the United States would fight ...
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... United States, the leader of public opinion and the most trustworthy architect of state policy was the president.“Congressional government” was a messy, ultimately feckless process, to be avoided at all costs. It was easy to see how in ...
... United States, the leader of public opinion and the most trustworthy architect of state policy was the president.“Congressional government” was a messy, ultimately feckless process, to be avoided at all costs. It was easy to see how in ...
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... United States, and hinted that he was prepared to help him depose Huerta with several regiments of marines.The president was dismayed to discover that Carranza was no more enthusiastic about U.S. intervention than the Huertistas. Still ...
... United States, and hinted that he was prepared to help him depose Huerta with several regiments of marines.The president was dismayed to discover that Carranza was no more enthusiastic about U.S. intervention than the Huertistas. Still ...
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Enlisting Volunteers and Other Unlikely Events | 85 |
Creeling and Other Activities That Make Philip Dru Unhappy | 117 |
Seeds of the Apocalypse | 159 |
The Women of NoMansLand | 199 |
Politics Is Adjourned HaHaHa | 237 |
Fights to the Finish | 265 |
Peace That Surpasses Understanding | 309 |
Chilling the Heart of the World 391 | 407 |
Illusions End 433 | 33 |
A Covenant with Power 471 | 71 |
Notes 491 | 91 |
Index 523 | 123 |
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