Reconsidering Woodrow Wilson : Progressivism, Internationalism, War, and Peace

by Cooper, John Milton, Jr.

• ISBN13: 9780801890741
• ISBN10: 0801890748
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-09-30
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr

Summary

Some of today's premier experts on Woodrow Wilson contribute to this new collection of essays about the former statesman, portraying him as a complex, even paradoxical president. Reconsidering Woodrow Wilson reveals a person who was at once an international idealist, a structural reformer of the nation's economy, and a policy maker who was simultaneously accommodating, indifferent, resistant, and hostile to racial and gender reform.Wilson's progressivism is discussed in chapters by biographer John Milton Cooper and historians Trygve Throntveit and W. Elliot Brownlee. Wilson's philosophy about race and nation is taken up by Gary Gerstle, and his gender politics discussed by Victoria Bissel Brown. The seeds of Wilsonianism are considered in chapters by Mark T. Gilderhus on Wilson's Latin American diplomacy and war; Geoffrey R. Stone on Wilson's suppression of seditious speech; and Lloyd Ambrosius on entry into World War I. Emily S. Rosenberg and Frank Ninkovich explore the impact of Wilson's internationalism on capitalism and diplomacy; Martin Walker sets out the echoes of Wilson's themes in the cold war; and Anne-Marie Slaughter suggests how Wilson might view the promotion of liberal democracy today.These essays were originally written for a celebration of Wilson's 150th birthday sponsored by the official national memorial to Wilson -- the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars -- in collaboration with the Woodrow Wilson House. That daylong symposium examined some of the most important and controversial areas of Wilson's political life and presidency.

Author Biography

John Milton Cooper Jr. is the E. Gordon Fox Professor of American Institutions in the Department of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is currently a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: Wilson Revisited	p. 1
Institutionalizing Progressivism
Making a Case for Wilson	p. 9
"Common Counsel": Woodrow Wilson's Pragmatic Progressivism, 1885-1913	p. 25
Wilson's Reform of Economic Structure: Progressive Liberalism and the Corporation	p. 57
Race, Speech, and Gender
Race and Nation in the Thought and Politics of Woodrow Wilson	p. 93
Did Woodrow Wilson's Gender Politics Matter?	p. 125
The Seeds of Wilsonianism
Revolution, War, and Expansion: Woodrow Wilson in Latin America	p. 165
Mr. Wilson's First Amendment	p. 189
Democracy, Peace, and World Order	p. 225
Post-Wilsonian Wilsonianism
Progressive Internationalism and Reformed Capitalism: New Freedom to New Deal	p. 253
Woodrow Wilson and the Cold War: "Tear Down This Wall, Mr. Gorbachev"	p. 279
Wilsonianism after the Cold War: "Words, Words, Mere Words"	p. 299
Afterword: Making Democracy Safe for the World	p. 327
Contributors	p. 337
Index	p. 341
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