Woodrow Wilson Part II: During the War

03/03/14 • 15 min

This podcast features the second of three interviews that were recorded at the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library in Staunton, VA. The second installment in this series tells the story of Wilson during the war. Elected to be a president focused primarily on domestic policy, within the first year of his first term in office, he was faced with a world war in Europe. Reelected in 1916 under the slogan “He kept us out of war,” within a year he asked Congress for a declaration of war against Germany. Highly intellectual, progressive, and idealistic, how did Wilson meet the challenge of world war?

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Woodrow Wilson Part I: Before the War

This podcast features the first of three interviews that were recorded at the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library in Staunton, VA.The first installment in this series traces the meteoric rise of American President Woodrow Wilson – from his days as a professor to his political career and his vision of the role of the American president.

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Woodrow Wilson Part III: After the War

This podcast features the third of three interviews that were recorded at the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library in Staunton, VA.The third installment in this series tells the story of Wilson after the war. Traveling to France at the end of the war to play a role in the Paris Peace Conference, Wilson was greeted by enthusiastic crowds wherever he went.His star had never been higher, but within a year he would be back in the United States – his health broken and his dream of American participation in the League of Nations out of reach. What were his aims in the peace process? And what is his legacy today?

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