The Illusion Of Victory: America In World War IBasic Books, 5. 8. 2008 - Počet stran: 352 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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... major news. Stone had played a vital role in winning Wilson the Democratic nomination in 1912 and had worked closely with him in the Senate to pass important domestic reforms. He had wholeheartedly endorsed the president's attempts to ...
... major news. Stone had played a vital role in winning Wilson the Democratic nomination in 1912 and had worked closely with him in the Senate to pass important domestic reforms. He had wholeheartedly endorsed the president's attempts to ...
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... Major General Hugh L. Scott was con- fronting a threat he considered far more dangerous than the German army: former president Theodore Roosevelt.The large, slow-moving Scott was deaf and frequently fell asleep in his chair; he had a ...
... Major General Hugh L. Scott was con- fronting a threat he considered far more dangerous than the German army: former president Theodore Roosevelt.The large, slow-moving Scott was deaf and frequently fell asleep in his chair; he had a ...
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... major generalship in person. Further undermining his hopes was a tall, handsome major named Douglas MacArthur, who was serving as Secretary of War Baker's information officer—the army's first venture into public relations. MacArthur was ...
... major generalship in person. Further undermining his hopes was a tall, handsome major named Douglas MacArthur, who was serving as Secretary of War Baker's information officer—the army's first venture into public relations. MacArthur was ...
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... major U.S. role in the war would be on the ocean. In the April 4 New York Tribune, Cass W. Gilbert told his readers that the notion of sending a large U.S. army overseas was a “phantasy.”There were simply not enough ships to transport ...
... major U.S. role in the war would be on the ocean. In the April 4 New York Tribune, Cass W. Gilbert told his readers that the notion of sending a large U.S. army overseas was a “phantasy.”There were simply not enough ships to transport ...
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... major bankers and corporate executives, from J. P. Morgan, Jr., to Cornelius Vanderbilt.“What a band of patriots,” Senator Robert La Follette exclaimed when he saw their membership list.“Owning newspapers, periodicals and magazines and ...
... major bankers and corporate executives, from J. P. Morgan, Jr., to Cornelius Vanderbilt.“What a band of patriots,” Senator Robert La Follette exclaimed when he saw their membership list.“Owning newspapers, periodicals and magazines and ...
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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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