The Will to Believe: Woodrow Wilson, World War I, and America's Strategy for Peace and Security

Abstract

The Will to Believe examines Woodrow Wilson's national security strategy from the beginning of the First World War in 1914 to the end of his presidency, contrasting his ideas with alternative policies offered by his political rivals. Despite contradictions and weaknesses in Wilson's argument, Kennedy argues, the president's formulation proved more attractive to Americans during his presidency than those offered by others, and after a hiatus in the 1920s and 1930s, returned to dominate American foreign policy down to the present.

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