To End All Wars: Woodrow Wilson and the Quest for a New World Order
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (750 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0691001502 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Photos. neutrality during the first two years of the Great War. Despite the glorification of "Saint Woodrow" by the common people of Europe, Wilson foresaw what he called a "tragedy of disappointment" even as he called for a new world order based on the arbitration of disputes among nations, general disarmament, self-determination and collective security. Knock then reveals how Wilson, during the Paris Peace Conference and the battle for ratification of the Treaty of Versailles, lost domestic support because of his apparent acquiescence to the suppression of civil liberties during the so-called Red Scare. From Publishers Weekly Knock, an associate professor of history at Southern Methodist University, traces
Michael H. Ebner said Turning Your Head Around on Woodrow Wilson. Professor Knock turned my head around on the foreign policies of Woodrow Wilson. This book takes the reader back into the 1890s, when Wilson was a professor of politics and history, in its quest to understand the evolution of his foreign policy thru American entry into the First World War. Nothing is sacred in this author's hands either. He devises a large-scale drama encompassing a spectrum of. To End All Wars Thomas J. Knock’s To End All Wars: Woodrow Wilson and the Quest for a New World Order examines President Wilson’s idealism and his efforts to unify the powers of the world. Associate Professor of History at Southern Methodists University, Knock successfully illustrates the complexities of Wilson personality, policy, and the reasons for his many failures. Knock analyzes progressive a. A Good Analysis of President Wilson's Views James Wink To End All Wars attempts to show where President Wilson's ideas on the League of Nations came from and why he ultimatly failed. A fascinating protryal of early 20th century poltics, Knock successfully intergrates both the domestic policies of Wilson with his international policies. The links between the progressive, pacifist leagues and Wilson's views are clearly marked and appear credible. Wha
Throughout Knock explores the place of internationalism in American politics, sweeping away the old view that isolationism was the cause of Wilson's failure and revealing the role of competing visions of internationalism--conservative and progressive.. In his widely acclaimed To End All Wars, Thomas Knock provides an intriguing, often provocative narrative of Woodrow Wilson's epic quest for a new world order. The account follows Wilson's thought and diplomacy from his policy toward revolutionary Mexico, through his dramatic call for "Peace without Victory" in World War I, to the Senate's rejection of the League of Nations