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Arthur S. Link (1922-1998) was a leading American historian. Born in rural North Carolina to a German Lutheran family, he graduated from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where he received a B.A. in 1941 and a Ph.D. in 1945.
As Link delved into the manuscripts he changed his mind, but he usually did not try to rewrite his books. The one exception was Woodrow Wilson: Revolution, War, and Peace (1979) (a revision of Wilson the Diplomatist). He softened his criticism of Wilson's responses to the Mexican revolution and German submarine warfare and gave the president higher marks as a war leader and articulator of war aims in the Fourteen Points. Link had previously stated that Wilson would have taken the same unbending stand against ratification of the Versailles Treaty with Henry Cabot Lodge's reservations if he had enjoyed perfect health. In the revision he stressed Wilson's deteriorating cardiovascular condition and massive stroke. The medical deterioration made it hard for Wilson to compromise with Lodge and explains in part his earlier actions at the peace conference and his dealings with the Senate over the treaty. Link incorporated his new ideas in elaborate notes in his edition of the Papers. At one point Link was attacked by some scholars for his medical interpretation of Wilson, and Princeton and the funding agencies seemed unsupportive to Link. The long relationship ended on a sour note as Princeton gave less and less support.
Link taught at Princeton University (1945-1949 and 1960-92), and Northwestern University (1949-60). He directed numerous PhD dissertations including those of William Harbaugh (who worked on Theodore Roosevelt); Gerald Grob (who studied mental health); and George McGovern (who wrote labor history and whom Link supported when he was the 1972 Democratic candidate for President.) His relations with his colleagues at Princeton were sometimes strained, as with Eric Goldman.  Princeton did not eagerly invite his return in 1960--the Wilson Foundation insisted on it as a condition for financing the Papers. Link was distant from the administration and faculty but enjoyed working with undergraduates--his star pupil was Bill Bradley who became a Senator and presidential aspirant.
He served as president of the Organization of American Historians. He wrote 30 books including history textbooks. Link was recipient of numerous awards including He is the recipient of numerous awards, including 10 honorary degrees; and two Bancroft Prizes. An active Presbyterian, he served as vice president of the National Council of Churches of Christ in America. He married Margaret Douglas Link in 1946; they had four children. Link was gregarious and a lively conversationalist, always with a cigarette and a drink in hand. He died of lung cancer at age 77.
Woodrow Wilson and the Progressive Era, 1910-1917 (1954).
v. 1. 1856-1880 -- v. 2. 1881-1884 -- v. 3. 1884-1885 -- v. 4. 1885 -- v. 5. 1885-1888 -- v. 6. 1888-1890 -- v. 7. 1890-1892 -- v. 8. 1892-1894 -- v. 9. 1894-1896 -- v. 10. 1896-1898 -- v. 11. 1898-1900 -- v. 12. 1900-1902 -- v. 13. Contents and index, vols. 1 to 12, 1856-1902 -- v. 14. 1902-1903 -- v. 15. 1903-1905 -- v. 16. 1905-1907 -- v. 17. 1907-1908 -- v. 18. 1908-1909 -- v. 19. 1909-1910 -- v. 20-21. 1910 -- v. 22. 1910-1911 -- v. 23. 1911-1912 -- v. 24-25. 1912 -- v. 26. Contents and index, vols. 14-25, 1902-1912 -- v. 27-28. 1913 -- v. 29. 1913-1914 -- v. 30-31. 1914 -- v. 32-34. 1915 -- v. 35. 1915-1916 -- v. 36-38. 1916 -- v. 40. 1916-1917 -- v. 41-44. 1917 -- v. 45. 1917-1918 -- v. 46-48. 1918 -- v. 50. The complete press conferences, 1913-1919 -- v. 51. 1918 -- v. 52. Index, 1916-1918 -- v. 53. 1918-1919 -- v. 54-63. 1919 -- v. 64. 1919-1920 -- v. 65-66. 1920 -- v. 67. 1920-1922 -- v. 68. 1922-1924.

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