Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-presidentNYU Press, 2006 - Počet stran: 429 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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... carried him to distinction in university circles and won wide notice outside the academy. Prolific scholarship and the presidency of Princeton University made him a national figure years before he entered active politics. Through these ...
... carried a Democratic House into office with him in a state that had given Taft and the Republicans a landslide victory only two years earlier. The new governor wasted no time in drawing the strings of party control to himself. Using his ...
... 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 critique of the American system and ...
... carrying contraband, which was true. But in the face of Wilson's strong words, the Germans pledged to do all they could to avoid American casualties. There was no war hysteria in the United States, but now public opinion became more ...
... carrying over four hundred passengers. Forty-four people, including two Americans, were killed. Again the United States protested, and again Ger- many retreated, claiming the submarine commander had exceeded his instructions and ...
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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 |