Breaking the Heart of the World: Woodrow Wilson and the Fight for the League of Nations

From: The Journal of Southern History | Date: August 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Breaking the Heart of the World: Woodrow Wilson and the Fight for the League of Nations. By John Milton Cooper Jr. (New York and other cities: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Pp. [x], 454. $34.95, JSBN 0-521-80786-7.)

Ever since the dramatic fight over American membership in the League of Nations in 1919 and 1920, historians have sought to explain the outcome and significance of the struggle. They have analyzed the origins of Woodrow Wilson's ideas about a new international order, explored the motives of his Republican opponents, assessed the strengths and weaknesses of Wilson's leadership, ...

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