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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... minister,Arthur Zimmermann, to the government of Mexico, proposing an alliance if war should break out between Germany and the United States.The message had been intercepted by British crypt- analysts and discreetly leaked to the ...
... minister,Arthur Zimmermann, to the government of Mexico, proposing an alliance if war should break out between Germany and the United States.The message had been intercepted by British crypt- analysts and discreetly leaked to the ...
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... drove this instinct? Essentially, it was an appetite for fame; deeper in Wilson's psyche was a desire to transcend a frequently critical minister father and his own self-doubts.While courting his first wife, Ellen Axson, W A R W E E K 3.
... drove this instinct? Essentially, it was an appetite for fame; deeper in Wilson's psyche was a desire to transcend a frequently critical minister father and his own self-doubts.While courting his first wife, Ellen Axson, W A R W E E K 3.
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... minister to the Archbishop of Canterbury.The numerous VIP speakers Parker dispatched to the United States to win hearts and minds also provided him with voluminous reports on what stories and themes worked best. By 1917, Parker had 54 ...
... minister to the Archbishop of Canterbury.The numerous VIP speakers Parker dispatched to the United States to win hearts and minds also provided him with voluminous reports on what stories and themes worked best. By 1917, Parker had 54 ...
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... Minister Grey and the fact (pointed out by La Follette) that a hefty proportion of the British lower class did not have a vote when the war began.18 In 1912, at King Albert's behest, the Belgian parliament increased the army to 340,000 ...
... Minister Grey and the fact (pointed out by La Follette) that a hefty proportion of the British lower class did not have a vote when the war began.18 In 1912, at King Albert's behest, the Belgian parliament increased the army to 340,000 ...
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... Minister Asquith.When the artist visited the United States,Woodrow Wilson invited him to the White House.35 In the wake of this tidal wave of hate, it was hardly surprising to discover that by March 1917, the Reverend Newell Dwight ...
... Minister Asquith.When the artist visited the United States,Woodrow Wilson invited him to the White House.35 In the wake of this tidal wave of hate, it was hardly surprising to discover that by March 1917, the Reverend Newell Dwight ...
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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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