| Edition |
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
| Description |
xviii, 636 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Son of the South -- When a man comes to himself -- Ascent -- Against all odds -- A new freedom -- A president begins -- Lines of accommodation -- Our detached and distant situation -- Moral force -- A psychological moment -- Departures -- The general wreck -- At sea -- Moonshine -- Strict accountability -- Haven -- Dodging trouble -- The world is on fire -- Stumbling in the dark -- The mystic influence of the stars and stripes -- By a whisker -- Verge of war -- Decision -- The associate -- The right men -- One white-hot mass instinct -- Over here, over there -- So many problems per diem -- Defiance -- Final triumph -- Storm warning -- The fog of peace -- Settling the accounts -- Stroking the cat the wrong way -- Paralyzed -- Altogether an unfortunate mess -- Breaking the heart of the world -- Best of the second-raters -- Swimming upstream -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
"By the author of acclaimed biographies of Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Adams, a penetrating biography of one of the most high-minded, consequential, and controversial US presidents, Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924). The Moralist is a cautionary tale about the perils of moral vanity and American overreach in foreign affairs."--Provided by publisher. |
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"President from 1913 to 1921, Wilson set a high bar for himself and the country. No president believed more fervently in the primacy of morality in politics or the 'moral force' of ideas. [This book] measures Wilson by his own standards while recounting his unprecedented success as an economic reformer, his grand vision for a peaceful world order, his moral blind spots (on race, women's suffrage, and free speech in wartime), and a final defeat that was largely self-inflicted. The Moralist is a cautionary tale about moral vanity and the limitations of leadership that strays too far from political realities. But it is also a tale of the enduring power of high ideals. Despite Wilson's missteps, his searching moral questions--about the role of a government in the lives of its people and about the duty of the United States to the larger world--transformed the economy and revolutionized international relations. Wilson's ideas remained at the heart of American political debate for the rest of the twentieth century. The challenges of the twenty-first require many answers that Wilson could not have supplied, but his central moral question--What is the right thing for a government to do?--is as relevant, and as urgent, as ever."--Dust jacket. |
| Subject |
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.
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Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1913-1921.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State.
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HISTORY / Military / World War I.
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HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Nonfiction.
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| Added Title |
Woodrow Wilson and the world he made |
| ISBN |
9780743298094 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
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0743298098 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
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9780743298100 trade paperback ; alkaline paper |
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0743298101 trade paperback ; alkaline paper |
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