Woodrow Wilson : a biography /
Cooper, John Milton.
Woodrow Wilson : a biography / John Milton Cooper, Jr. - First Vintage books edition. - viii, 702 pages, [16 ] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages [601]-668) and index.
Tommy -- Woodrow -- Professor -- Bold leader -- Academic civil war -- Governor -- Nominee -- The great campaign -- Preparation -- Beginnings -- Taken at the flood -- Triumph and tragedy -- Irony and gift of fate -- The shock of recognition -- Second flood tide -- To run again -- Peace and war -- Waging war -- Victory -- Covenant -- Peacemaking abroad and at home -- The League fight -- Disability -- Downfall -- Twilight.
Evaluates the parallel worlds of the twenty-eighth president's personal and political arenas, examining his World War I leadership, his failed efforts to bring the United States into the League of Nations, and his contributions toward the creation of the United Nations.
9780307277909 9780307265418 0307265412
2009019097
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
United States--Politics and government--1913-1921.
E767 / .C695 2011
Woodrow Wilson : a biography / John Milton Cooper, Jr. - First Vintage books edition. - viii, 702 pages, [16 ] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages [601]-668) and index.
Tommy -- Woodrow -- Professor -- Bold leader -- Academic civil war -- Governor -- Nominee -- The great campaign -- Preparation -- Beginnings -- Taken at the flood -- Triumph and tragedy -- Irony and gift of fate -- The shock of recognition -- Second flood tide -- To run again -- Peace and war -- Waging war -- Victory -- Covenant -- Peacemaking abroad and at home -- The League fight -- Disability -- Downfall -- Twilight.
Evaluates the parallel worlds of the twenty-eighth president's personal and political arenas, examining his World War I leadership, his failed efforts to bring the United States into the League of Nations, and his contributions toward the creation of the United Nations.
9780307277909 9780307265418 0307265412
2009019097
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
United States--Politics and government--1913-1921.
E767 / .C695 2011