Woodrow Wilson and World War I

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<span><span>This book is a story of Presidential failure, a chronicle of Woodrow Wilsons miscalculations in war, and a harrowing account of the process through which an intelligent American leader fell to pieces under a burden he could not bear. Historian Richard Striner argues persuasively that President Woodrow Wilson failed his responsibilities as a wartime leader in World War I. With the patience of a prosecuting attorney, Striner presents the facts of Wilsons wartime situation, considers the options that were open to him, explains his decision-making process, and then critiques his failure to engage in sufficient contingency planning as events played out. Striner interweaves narration, analytical commentary, and quotations from Wilsons advisors and contemporaries to convey the feeling of history as sensed by the people who were making it. Striner argues that as America entered the war, Wilsons character flaws emerged, worsened by medical conditions that clinicians have diagnosed as having reached the point of dementia by 1919. This tragic story of presidential leadership failure will be of interest to all readers of Americas military history and the American presidency.</span></span><br><span></span>

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<span><span>Richard Striner</span><span>is professor of history at Washington College and the author of</span><span>Lincolns Way: How Six Great Presidents Created American Power</span><span>(R&amp;L 2010), a History Book Club selection, as well as</span><span>Father Abraham: Lincolns Relentless Struggle to End Slavery</span><span>.</span></span>

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