woodrow wilson

Reconsidering Woodrow Wilson: Progressivism, Internationalism, War, and Peace (Woodrow Wilson Center Press)
$60.00
Some of today's premier experts on Woodrow Wilson contribute to this new collection of essays about the former statesman, portraying him as a complex, even paradoxical president. Reconsidering Woodrow Wilson reveals a person who was at once an international idealist, a structural reformer of the nation's economy, and a policy maker who was simultaneously accommodating, indifferent, resistant, and hostile to racial and gender reform. Wilson's progressivism is discussed in chapters by biographer John Milton Cooper and historians Trygve Throntveit and W. Elliot Brownlee. Wilson's philosophy about race and nation is taken up by Gary Gerstle, and his gender politics discussed by Victoria Bissel Brown. The seeds of Wilsonianism are considered in chapters by Mark T. Gilderhus on Wilson's Latin American diplomacy and war; Geoffrey R. Stone on Wilson's suppression of seditious speech; and Lloyd Ambrosius on entry into World War I. Emily S. Rosenberg and Frank Ninkovich explore the impact of Wilson's internationalism on capitalism and diplomacy; Martin Walker sets out the echoes of Wilson's themes in the cold war; and Anne-Marie Slaughter suggests how Wilson might view the promotion of liberal democracy today.These essays were originally written for a celebration of Wilson's 150th birthday sponsored by the official national memorial to Wilson -- the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars -- in collaboration with the Woodrow Wilson House. That daylong symposium examined some of the most important and controversial areas of Wilson's political life and presidency.

Woodrow Wilson
$22.00
I can't say I thought this was a bad book, I just can't help but think that the life story of a President, often cited as one of the top ten or "near great" in American history can only merit 138 pages. Wilson was also one of the most complex men who ever held the office yet very little is devoted to any of this. Rather we are given almost a superficial version of his life that are less then what Cliff Notes may provide.

Very little information is shown on his first term and while the majority of the book is focused on World War One, we see very little on the tremendous social changes that took place during Wilson's term (prohibition, woman's right to vote) and how Wilson thought of them. Very little attention is paid to how Wilson destroyed the last vestige of equality by re-segregating the U.S. Government and basically barring African-American's from any Government protection.

Very lite reading but sadly not very filling.

Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism (American Intellectual Culture)
$36.95
The one star is for AMAZON and/or the publisher for recently doubling the price of this book.

Being a good book worthy of reading I placed this in my wish list only to discover that the price had nearly doubled. I was presented with the following when logging on to Amazon today. "the price of Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism (American Intellectual Culture) has increased from $17.37 to $30.17 since you placed it in your Shopping Cart."

Wilson's War: How Woodrow Wilson's Great Blunder Led to Hitler, Lenin, Stalin, and World War II
$27.50
Jeez, could the editorial review at least pretend to suppress their bias towards pro-British interpretation of the history?