Abandoning American Neutrality [electronic resource] : Woodrow Wilson and the Beginning of the Great War, August 1914 – December 1915 /
Floyd, R.author.
During the first 18 months of World War I, Woodrow Wilson sought to maintain American neutrality, but as this carefully argued study shows, it was ultimately an unsustainable stance. The tension between Wilson's idealism and pragmatism ultimately drove him to abandon neutrality, paving the way for America's entrance into the war in 1917.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
During the first 18 months of World War I, Woodrow Wilson sought to maintain American neutrality, but as this carefully argued study shows, it was ultimately an unsustainable stance. The tension between Wilson's idealism and pragmatism ultimately drove him to abandon neutrality, paving the way for America's entrance into the war in 1917.
"An awful cataclysm": July 1914-September 1914 -- "An exceedingly tender spot": October 1914-November 1914 -- "At peace with the world": October 1914-December 1914 -- "A friend to all of them": December 1914-January 1915 -- "Twittering of a sparrow": February 1915-April 1915 -- "The palliations of piracy": April 1915-June 1915 -- "The shadow of war": June 1915-August 1915 -- "He has thus crossed the Rubicon": September 1915-December 1915.
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.
America—History.
Military history.
World War, 1939-1945.
World politics.
United States—History.
History, Modern.
History of the Americas.
History of Military.
History of World War II and the Holocaust.
Political History.
US History.
Modern History.