Woodrow Wilson

After reading Arthur S . Links Woodrow Wilson : Revolution , War and peace ' and N . Gordon Levin , Jr 's Woodrow Wilson and World Politics America 's Response to War and Revolution ' I felt that historians have begun to forget , or at least try , the problems this president had during his time of office . But one must remember that Thomas Woodrow Wilson is the only chief executive who has given scholarly attention to the presidency before undertaking the duties of that office and his close attention to developments in American politics gave rise to his idealism

br of spreading democratic capitalism to every corner of the world . In Levin 's book he paid closer attention to the period of 1917 to 1919 when Wilson led Congress , his administration and the entire American people in one of the speediest and most successful mobilizations for war in history . The author discusses how Wilson 's ideology , like Link , in persuaded the public , still badly divided over the wisdom of participation . Wilson established the Committee on Public Information to undertake a nationwide program to convince Americans that they were fighting for justice , peace , democracy and their own security in the world . But in Link 's book the focus was more on events after WWI and in my opinion gave a better understanding of Wilson 's idealism than Levin Wilson set an example of leadership , both of public opinion and of Congress that challenges every incumbent of the White House . His reconstruction of the American political economy still survives...