Woodrow Wilson, World War I, and American National Security

From Balkan Conflict to Global Conflict: The Spread of the First World War, 1914-19181

“…11 11 On the USA: (May 1959; Link 1965; Cooper 1969, 1983; Devlin 1974; Knock 1992; Kennedy 2000, 2009). …”

Meeting the Challenge from Totalitarianism: The Tennessee Valley Authority as a Global Model for Liberal Development, 1933–1945

“…52 During the First World War, Woodrow Wilson and others, fearing that the globally degenerative effects of German militarism and Bolshevism could undermine the social and political structure of US society, had tried to refashion the international system to ensure national security. 53 In the 1930s, totalitarianism was seen as leaven that affected the behaviour of modern societies whenever they fell into crisis, and as likely to remain a persistent feature of the international system. If totalitarianism were allowed to advance unchecked abroad, an unnatural 'garrison state' would result at home.…”