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| Named Person: | Woodrow Wilson; Woodrow Wilson |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
David Steigerwald |
| ISBN: | 0801429366 9780801429361 |
| OCLC Number: | 30111151 |
| Description: | xiii, 296 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. Liberalism between Two Worlds -- 2. Liberal Idealism and Woodrow Wilson -- 3. The Idealist Synthesis in American Internationalism -- 4. Wilson Meets Modernity -- 5. Barbarians at the Gate -- 6. The Red Decade -- 7. The Second Chance? -- 8. The Dialectic of Realism and Faith -- 9. A Tradition in Disrepute -- 10. Idealism in the Age of the New Politics. |
| Responsibility: | David Steigerwald. |
Abstract:
Through the American internationalist movement, these Wilsonian liberals defended the proposition that decisions based on enlightened self-interest would lead to political harmony, and they strove to institutionalize their principles through the formation of the League of Nations. As he traces the fate of universal ideals through American political thought, Steigerwald describes how the Wilsonians remained committed to the free market in the face of war and depression and continued to oppose interest groups in spite of the emergence of mass politics. In addition to demonstrating the capacity of Wilsonianism for regeneration and sustained influence, Steigerwald reveals the ironies that have attended its persistence across the century. Throughout some of the most horrendous events in history, he shows, Wilsonian idealism adhered to fundamental beliefs in international rule of law and in the beneficence of technological progress and liberal capitalism.
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- Liberalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Wilson, Woodrow, -- 1856-1924.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
- Liberalism
- United States
- Idealisme.
- Buitenlandse politiek.
- Wilson, Woodrow -- (1856-1924).
- Libéralisme -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
- États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- 20e siècle.
- Etats-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- 20e siècle.
