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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... seemed to confirm an adage often used by the president's critics: Anyone who followed Wilson down a political path was almost certain to meet him coming in the opposite direction.Theodore Roosevelt maintained that Wilson had taken ...
... seemed to confirm an adage often used by the president's critics: Anyone who followed Wilson down a political path was almost certain to meet him coming in the opposite direction.Theodore Roosevelt maintained that Wilson had taken ...
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... seemed to take everyone by surprise.A moment later, the entire audience was imitating him.35 Wilson reiterated America's disinterested motives.“We have no selfish ends to serve.We desire no conquest, no dominion. . . . We are but one of ...
... seemed to take everyone by surprise.A moment later, the entire audience was imitating him.35 Wilson reiterated America's disinterested motives.“We have no selfish ends to serve.We desire no conquest, no dominion. . . . We are but one of ...
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... seemed to me,” House told his diary,“he did not have a true conception of the path he was blazing.”Was the colonel telling himself he understood the history they were making far better than Philip Dru?38. XI. Later, according to Joe ...
... seemed to me,” House told his diary,“he did not have a true conception of the path he was blazing.”Was the colonel telling himself he understood the history they were making far better than Philip Dru?38. XI. Later, according to Joe ...
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... seemed a cause for celebration. In the corridor, as Senator La Follette walked to his office, a man handed him a rope.76. XX. The following day,April 5, was the House of Representatives' turn.The congressmen slogged to their task through ...
... seemed a cause for celebration. In the corridor, as Senator La Follette walked to his office, a man handed him a rope.76. XX. The following day,April 5, was the House of Representatives' turn.The congressmen slogged to their task through ...
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... seemed to be forcing them to vote for war when,“deep in our hearts,” they were just as opposed to it as their people back home.79 Numerous congressmen leaped up to rebut Britten. Some drew applause for flights of patriotic oratory ...
... seemed to be forcing them to vote for war when,“deep in our hearts,” they were just as opposed to it as their people back home.79 Numerous congressmen leaped up to rebut Britten. Some drew applause for flights of patriotic oratory ...
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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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