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Woodrow Wilson's Western Tour: Rhetoric, Public Opinion, and the League of Nations
J. Michael Hogan
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Hardcover. On September 3, 1919, Woodrow Wilson embarked upon one of the most ambitious and controversial speaking tours in the history of American politics. This book offers the detailed analysis of Wilson's speeches on the tour, including the most celebrated speech of the campaign, his address in Pueblo, Colorado. Series: Library of Presidential Rhetoric. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 b&w photo, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: GTC; HBJK; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 404.
On September 3, 1919, Woodrow Wilson embarked upon one of the most ambitious and controversial speaking tours in the history of American politics: a grueling 8,000-mile, twenty-two-day tour across the Midwest and Far West in support of the League of Nations. Historians still debate Wilson's motivations for touring, but most agree with Thomas Bailey that the tour proved a ""disastrous blunder."" Not only did Wilson collapse before completing it but the treaty likely would have been defeated even if the tour had succeeded. In this masterful work, J. Michael Hogan offers the first detailed analysis of Wilson's speeches on the ... Read more
On September 3, 1919, Woodrow Wilson embarked upon one of the most ambitious and controversial speaking tours in the history of American politics: a grueling 8,000-mile, twenty-two-day tour across the Midwest and Far West in support of the League of Nations. Historians still debate Wilson's motivations for touring, but most agree with Thomas Bailey that the tour proved a ""disastrous blunder."" Not only did Wilson collapse before completing it but the treaty likely would have been defeated even if the tour had succeeded. In this masterful work, J. Michael Hogan offers the first detailed analysis of Wilson's speeches on the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Texas A&M University Press
Condition
New
Series
Library of Presidential Rhetoric
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
College Station, United States
ISBN
9781585445240
SKU
V9781585445240
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About J. Michael Hogan
J. MICHAEL HOGAN is a professor of rhetoric at Pennsylvania State University and the author or editor of four other books on political rhetoric. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
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