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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... force in Wilson's life was his religious faith. The Wilsons subscribed to a moderately liberal reformed Protestantism rather than the more fundamentalist evangelical movement. Given the intense religious commitment of his family, it is ...
... force in American politics, and wakened thoughts of higher office. The New York Times saw “obvious” implications for the future in Wilson's success. Soon after the legislative session ended, Wilson embarked on a speaking tour of western ...
... forces came to town with a few more than two hundred solid commitments. The tireless maneuvering of his managers, who labored past exhaustion, and the two-thirds rule that governed Democratic nominations worked in Wilson's favor. What ...
... forces of Venustiano Carranza, who offered some hope of decent government, and Victoriano Huerta, the most recent usurper and a murder suspect. Wilson looked for an opportunity to intervene on behalf of Carranza, and it came in April ...
... forces dislodged Huerta in August, and with the new government in power, the crisis and the threat of war seemed to ... force by a strong country against a weak neighbor could not “reflect distinction upon the United States.” He was not ...
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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 |