Woodrow Wilson as Commander in Chief: The Presidency and the Great War

by Michael P. Riccards, Cheryl A. Flagg

Overview

 This first study on Woodrow Wilson as the commander in chief during the Great War analyzes his management style before the war, his diplomacy and his battle with the Senate. It considers the war as representing the collapse of Western traditional virtues and examines Wilson's attempt to restore them. Emphasizing the American war effort on the domestic front, it also discusses Wilson's rise to power, his education, career, and work as governor as necessary steps in his formation. The authors deal honestly and critically with the racism that characterized this brilliant but limited career.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476679570
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	11/19/2019
Pages:	297
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Michael P. Riccards has been the president of three colleges as well as the head of a public policy institute. He is the author of volumes on the American presidency and the papacy and lives in Clearwater, Florida. Cheryl A. Flagg‘s career was in higher education, including several campuses as well as at a non-profit membership association. She has been an editor and collaborator on several publications and lives in Bunker Hill, West Virginia.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface
Chronology of World War I
Introduction
One. The World Before Wilson
Two. The Progress of War
Three. Becoming Wilson
Four. The Master of Domestic Reform
Five. The Perils of Neutrality
Six. Wilson as a War Manager
Seven. Wilson’s New Diplomacy
Eight. The President and the War Congress, 1916–1918
Nine. The President and Mobilization
Ten. Selling the War
Eleven. On the Home Front
Twelve. America as an Associate in War
Thirteen. America at War
Fourteen. The Arrival of the Messiah
Fifteen. The Difficulties of the Treaty
Sixteen. The Trial of the Hero
Seventeen. Finale
Appendix I. The Nature of the League of Nations
Appendix II. Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points
Appendix III. Significant Legislation During the Wilson Administration
Appendix IV. World War I Casualties and Death Tables
Appendix V. The Lodge Reservations
Appendix VI. AEF Divisions in France, 1917–18
Appendix VII. The Cost of the War
Appendix VIII. Reparations and Their Aftermath
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index