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Woodrow Wilson: USA (Makers of the Modern World)
Brian Morton
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Description for Woodrow Wilson: USA (Makers of the Modern World)
Hardcover. Presents the life of Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), from his early years during the American Civil War, through his academic and political career and US' involvement in the First World War, to Wilson's role at Versailles, including the construction of his 14 Points, his principles for the reformation of Europe, and the consequences of Versailles. Series Editor(s): Sharp, Alan. Series: Makers of the Modern World. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 tables, 3 black & white halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
This title is about Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924). It is September 1919 - a meeting hall in a small mid-Western city. A thin man is speaking to a sceptical audience about peace. He has already met the city fathers and has been warned that 'out here' what happens in Europe means very little. Even the late war scarcely impinged on the place, though it had been recognised that it hadn't been altogether good for trade and one or two local boys had died on the fields of France in the very last days of the conflict. The speaker was obviously impassioned, ... Read more
This title is about Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924). It is September 1919 - a meeting hall in a small mid-Western city. A thin man is speaking to a sceptical audience about peace. He has already met the city fathers and has been warned that 'out here' what happens in Europe means very little. Even the late war scarcely impinged on the place, though it had been recognised that it hadn't been altogether good for trade and one or two local boys had died on the fields of France in the very last days of the conflict. The speaker was obviously impassioned, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Series
Makers of the Modern World
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781905791620
SKU
V9781905791620
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About Brian Morton
Brian Morton taught American studies at universities in Britain and Scandinavia, before working for ten years as features and subsequently literary editor at the Times Higher Educational Supplement. Through the 1990s he presented a daily arts and culture programme on BBC Radio Scotland. Professor Alan Sharp is Provost of the Coleraine Campus at the University of Ulster. He joined ... Read more
Reviews for Woodrow Wilson: USA (Makers of the Modern World)
'[Wilson's] finest hour, though, came after the war, says Brian Morton in the first of what Haus promises will be a 32-volume account of the postwar peace conferences. Wilson helped usher in the Treaty of Versailles;though that treaty has been criticised (of Wilson's 14-point peace plan, Clemenceau remarked that even God had only 10 commandments). But here Morton ably defends ... Read more