Papers of Woodrow Wilson, Volume 42 - April 7-June 23, 1917

This massive collection includes all important letters, speeches, interviews, press conferences, and public papers on Woodrow Wilson. The volumes make available as never before the materials essential to understanding Wilson's personality, his intellectual, religious, and political development, and his careers as educator, writer, orator, and statesman. The Papers not only reveal the private and public man, but also the era in which he lived, making the series additionally valuable to scholars in various fields of history between the 1870's and the 1920's.

About the author

Arthur S. Link is Professor of American History, Princeton University.

Summary

Illustrates the Wilson administration's early plans for nationwide mobilization as the United States enters the World War. This book tells how this undertaking is made difficult with the German submarine campaign that succeeds even beyond the earlier optimistic predictions of the German Admiralty and threatens to bring Great Britain to her knees.

Additional text

"Every college library should plan to acquire the entire series."

Product details

• Authors: Woodrow Wilson
• Assisted by: David W. Hirst (Editor), Arthur Link (Editor), Arthur S. Link (Editor), Arthur Stanley Link (Editor), John E. Little (Editor)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.08.1983
• EAN: 9780691046921
• ISBN: 978-0-691-04692-1
• No. of pages: 632
• Series: Papers of Woodrow Wilson; Papers of Woodrow Wilson
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas