Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-presidentNYU Press, 2006 - 429 страница From the Ivy League to the oval office, Woodrow Wilson was the only professional scholar to become a U.S. president. A professor of history and political science, Wilson became the dynamic president of Princeton University in 1902 and was one of its most prolific scholars before entering active politics. Through his labors as student, scholar, and statesman, he left a legacy of elegant writings on everything from educational reform to religion to history and politics. |
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... once wrote that he yielded to no one in his love for the South, but added that because he loved the South, he rejoiced in the failure of the Confederacy. The young Wilson accepted romantic southern ideas about women, who should be ...
... once his mind was firmly set. He confessed a temptation to engage in what he described as practical matters of worldly importance and had little difficulty imagining himself as a leader. Election to the presidency of Princeton gave ...
... Once created, would such a powerful regime allow itself to be dismantled? Despite the ideological argument, the New Nationalism and the New Freedom bore many similarities and presented progressives with a difficult choice. Roosevelt was ...
... once conservative Woodrow Wilson who carried progressive hopes into the White House. Wilson's scholarship in political science had emphasized the importance of executive leadership. The absence of an effective executive was a key to his ...
... once a cattle rustler and outlaw, had supported Carranza's cause but was soon plotting against him and acting as a kind of war lord in northern Mexico. In March 1916, Villa crossed the border to loot and burn the town of Columbus, New ...
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On Religion | 41 |
Biographical Sketches | 60 |
On Education and Scholarship | 106 |
The Historian | 147 |
The Political Scientist | 218 |
New Jersey Politics | 313 |
Road to the White House | 341 |
President Wilson | 366 |
Plenary Session of the Peace Conference | 407 |
at Pueblo Colorado | 411 |
About the Editor | 429 |