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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... Peace in Europe 391 Address to a Joint Session of Congress Calling for a Declaration of War 397 The Fourteen Points 403 League of Nations Address before the Second Plenary Session of the Peace Conference 407 Appeal for Suppory of the ...
... Peace Conference Awarded Nobel Peace Prize October 2, suffered paralyzing stroke Lived in retirement on S Street in Washington February 3, died Preface Woodrow Wilson was the first and to date the xii Chronology.
... peace and war. His voluminous writings across a large range of subjects give us uncommon access to the mind of this American leader. This collection of Wilson's writing reveals the thought of a rare figure in American history, the ...
... the fighting bogged down into a trench-war stalemate, Wilson hoped neither side would overwhelm the other so that he could lead the United States as the mediating force for a just peace. As early as September introduction 27.
... peace. As early as September 1915, Wilson sent House to Europe to deliver his first offer of mediation. None of the belligerents accepted; they pretended interest and made excuses, but only to avoid giving offense to the United States ...
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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 |