The Moralist by Patricia O'toole
Lucid and elegant...On Wilson's tortured entrance into World War I, O'Toole] is truly superb...As a study of Wilson's relationship with Europe, and the intrigues of his foreign policy administration, the book is exemplary.--The New York Times O'Toole does full justice to Wilson's complexities, but it is with the coming of the war that her narrative takes on something close to Shakespearean dimensions...scrupulously balanced...elegantly crafted.--The Wall Street Journal Enlightening...O'Toole has done students of American history a great service.--National Review By the author of acclaimed biographies of Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Adams, a penetrating biography of one of the most high-minded, consequential, and controversial US presidents, Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924). The Moralist is a cautionary tale about the perils of moral vanity and American overreach in foreign affairs. In domestic affairs, Wilson was a progressive who enjoyed unprecedented success in leveling the economic playing field, but he was behind the times on racial equality and women's suffrage. As a Southern boy during the Civil War, he knew the ravages of war, and as president he refused to lead the country into World War I until he was convinced that Germany posed a direct threat to the United States. Once committed, he was an admirable commander-in-chief, yet he also presided over the harshest suppression of political dissent in American history. After the war Wilson became the world's most ardent champion of liberal internationalism--a democratic new world order committed to peace, collective security, and free trade. With Wilson's leadership, the governments at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 founded the League of Nations, a federation of the world's democracies. The creation of the League, Wilson's last great triumph, was quickly followed by two crushing blows: a paralyzing stroke and the rejection of the treaty that would have allowed the United States to join the League. After a backlash against internationalism in the 1920s and 1930s, Wilson's liberal internationalism was revived by Franklin D. Roosevelt and it has shaped American foreign relations--for better and worse--ever since.Patricia O'Toole is the author of five novels, including The Moralist: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Created, When Trumpets Call: Theodore Roosevelt After the White House, and The Five of Hearts: An Intimate Portrait of Henry Adams and His Companions, which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, and a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist. She lives in Camden, Maine, and is a former professor at Columbia University's School of the Arts and a fellow of the Society of American Historians.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780743298100 |
| ISBN 10 | 0743298101 |
| Title | The Moralist |
| Author | Patricia O'toole |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Year published | 2019-04-16 |
| Number of pages | 656 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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