Abandoning American neutrality : Woodrow Wilson and the beginning of the Great War, August 1914-December 1915

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Full Title:: Abandoning American neutrality : Woodrow Wilson and the beginning of the Great War, August 1914-December 1915 / by M. Ryan Floyd

Subjects:: Wilson, Woodrow,1856-1924
World War, 1914-1918--United States
World War, 1914-1918--Diplomatic history
Neutrality--United States--History--20th century
United States--Foreign relations--1913-1921

Table of Contents:: "An awful cataclysm": July 1914-September 1914 -- "An exceedingly tender spot": October 1914-November 1914 -- "At peace with the world": October 1914-December 1914 -- "A friend to all of them": December 1914-January 1915 -- "Twittering of a sparrow": February 1915-April 1915 -- "The palliations of piracy": April 1915-June 1915 -- "The shadow of war": June 1915-August 1915 -- "He has thus crossed the Rubicon": September 1915-December 1915.
Summary:: During the first twelve months of World War I President Woodrow Wilson had a sincere desire to maintain American neutrality. The president, however, soon found this position unsustainable. As Wilson sought to mediate an end to the European conflict he realized that the war presented an irresistible opportunity to strengthen the US economy though expanded trade with the Allies. As this carefully argued study shows, the contradiction between Wilson's idealistic and pragmatic aims ultimately drove him to abandon neutrality in late 1915 - helping to pave the way for America's entrance into the war. -- Publisher website.
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: x, 251 pages ; 23 cm

Catalog ID (MMSID):: 990033470020302486
ISBN:: 9781137334114
1137334118
1137334126 (electronic bk.)
9781137334121 (electronic bk.)
OCLC Number:: 836748335
Other Identifiers:: Unspecified: 40022804100
Barcode:: 010002653463
050000089777