Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-presidentNYU Press, 2006 - 429 Seiten 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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... affairs in Latin America absorbed the president in the early years of his administration. His statements on Latin American policy suggested hope for a new start in inter-American relations, a hope never fully realized during his ...
... affairs, by guiding and at times manipulating his friend. Wilson's New Freedom pledges during the campaign promised quick action on three issues of central concern to progressives: tariff reductions, banking reform, and antitrust ...
... affairs were too often ostentatious. Though she shared her husband's convictions about the social separation of the races, she assisted in the distribution of food and clothing to the poor of Washington and pressed congressmen she met ...
... affairs. The president's physician Cary Grayson thought his health was visibly declining after Ellen's death. As the weeks passed, his prescription was to throw himself into the details of his work with even more than his usual fervor ...
... affairs. With Europe's explosion into war in August 1914, all changed. The war in Europe took more of the president's time now. Relations with warring parties demanded carefully crafted policy and exquisite diplomacy. Troubles with ...
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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 |