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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... idea of how the United States would fight the war.At the time he spoke to Cobb, the president— and the vast majority of those who called for war—thought the United States would not have to send a single soldier to France.13 The World ...
... idea of how the United States would fight the war.At the time he spoke to Cobb, the president— and the vast majority of those who called for war—thought the United States would not have to send a single soldier to France.13 The World ...
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... idea in the first place.A few guns on a merchant ship were no defense against submarines.The president had denounced the filibusterers as “a little group of willful men” and released the Zimmermann telegram (which he had been sitting on ...
... idea in the first place.A few guns on a merchant ship were no defense against submarines.The president had denounced the filibusterers as “a little group of willful men” and released the Zimmermann telegram (which he had been sitting on ...
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... idea appalled Scott and all the other aging bureaucrats on the general staff.They vividly recalled TR's performance in the Spanish-American War, in which he not only won fame charging Spanish rifle pits on Kettle and San Juan hills, but ...
... idea appalled Scott and all the other aging bureaucrats on the general staff.They vividly recalled TR's performance in the Spanish-American War, in which he not only won fame charging Spanish rifle pits on Kettle and San Juan hills, but ...
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... idea that every senator should “stand behind the president.”What kind of doctrine was that? he asked.What if the president were wrong? That was the crucial question every legislator had to ask. In this case, he knew of no course but “to ...
... idea that every senator should “stand behind the president.”What kind of doctrine was that? he asked.What if the president were wrong? That was the crucial question every legislator had to ask. In this case, he knew of no course but “to ...
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... idea of a war to make the world safe for democracy was equally ab- surd, with England as a U.S. ally. Had the British shown the slightest interest in extending democracy to Ireland, to Egypt's millions, to India's hundreds of millions ...
... idea of a war to make the world safe for democracy was equally ab- surd, with England as a U.S. ally. Had the British shown the slightest interest in extending democracy to Ireland, to Egypt's millions, to India's hundreds of millions ...
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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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