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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America In World War I Thomas Fleming. “Agripping story... Scathingly on target when it comes to Woodrow Wilson.” —THE NEW LEADER THE ILLUSION OF VICTORY ALSO BY THOMAS FLEMING Nonfiction The.
America In World War I Thomas Fleming. “Agripping story... Scathingly on target when it comes to Woodrow Wilson.” —THE NEW LEADER THE ILLUSION OF VICTORY ALSO BY THOMAS FLEMING Nonfiction The.
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... 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 Edward Mandell ...
... 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 Edward Mandell ...
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... leader of a “stupendous revolution” that would change the world.49 In Missouri, a thirty-three-year-old farmer named Harry S.Truman was amazed to discover that Wilson's speech had transformed local attitudes to- ward the war—including ...
... leader of a “stupendous revolution” that would change the world.49 In Missouri, a thirty-three-year-old farmer named Harry S.Truman was amazed to discover that Wilson's speech had transformed local attitudes to- ward the war—including ...
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... leader, announced that he was voting nay:“After ma- ture thought and fervent prayer for rightful guidance, [I] have marked out clearly the path of my duty, and I have made up my mind to walk it, if I go barefooted or alone.” Robert La ...
... leader, announced that he was voting nay:“After ma- ture thought and fervent prayer for rightful guidance, [I] have marked out clearly the path of my duty, and I have made up my mind to walk it, if I go barefooted or alone.” Robert La ...
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... leader before he made such a statement—and then resigned his seat. John Lawson Burnett of Alabama said that Heflin ought to prove his patriotism first by enlisting in the army as a private.A shouting match erupted, adding a touch of low ...
... leader before he made such a statement—and then resigned his seat. John Lawson Burnett of Alabama said that Heflin ought to prove his patriotism first by enlisting in the army as a private.A shouting match erupted, adding a touch of low ...
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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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