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The Legacy of Woodrow Wilson: American War Aims in World War I. By David M. Esposito. (Westport, CT and London: Praeger, 1996. Pp. ix, 159. $45.00.)

In this modest book, David Esposito argues that Woodrow Wilson led the United States into World War I to protect America's fundamental security interests. In the initial period of neutrality, Wilson believed that a victory by either side would force the United States to become a garrison state that hunkered down in a world of...