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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... became president with a mere 42 percent of the vote, leaving the Republicans in a state of shock and disarray from which they had yet to recover. III. Among the other stories in the Tribune and sister newspapers on April 2 were reports ...
... became president with a mere 42 percent of the vote, leaving the Republicans in a state of shock and disarray from which they had yet to recover. III. Among the other stories in the Tribune and sister newspapers on April 2 were reports ...
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... became Philip Dru.19. VII. Most Wilson biographers have been reluctant to look hard at the Philip Dru side of Wilson. Nor have many people bothered to read this rather lugubrious novel.A close examination reveals a surprisingly ...
... became Philip Dru.19. VII. Most Wilson biographers have been reluctant to look hard at the Philip Dru side of Wilson. Nor have many people bothered to read this rather lugubrious novel.A close examination reveals a surprisingly ...
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... became vice president of the United States. Neither was ever heard from again.”30 The senators were soon in their allotted seats.The speaker banged his gavel once more. Behind him the hands on the big official clock read 8:35. The clerk ...
... became vice president of the United States. Neither was ever heard from again.”30 The senators were soon in their allotted seats.The speaker banged his gavel once more. Behind him the hands on the big official clock read 8:35. The clerk ...
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... became even more explicit. Each morning, Edith joined the president in inspecting “the Drawer,” the place in his Oval Office desk where aides placed reports from the State Department or other parts of the government requiring the ...
... became even more explicit. Each morning, Edith joined the president in inspecting “the Drawer,” the place in his Oval Office desk where aides placed reports from the State Department or other parts of the government requiring the ...
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... became crusaders for democracy to tell the German people they could only have peace by giving up their government. As for Wilson's claim that the war was begun without the consent of the German people—was the U.S. decision for war any ...
... became crusaders for democracy to tell the German people they could only have peace by giving up their government. As for Wilson's claim that the war was begun without the consent of the German people—was the U.S. decision for war any ...
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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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