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President
Woodrow Wilson. Even before the United States entered the First
World War, this complex and contradictory chief executive offered
some of the most idealistic (Pan-American Pact, Mobile speech) and
some of the most militaristic (Haitian and Dominican occupations)
initiatives in the history of US foreign relations. |
| Today's
class will examine the origins of Wilsonianism; focus falls on US
diplomacy before the entrance into World War I. Knock provides
some background, but the more interesting section comes from the
documents: Wilson prepared his speeches himself, and few were more
skilled. |
READING:
DOCUMENTS:
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