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Woodrow Wilson : a biography / John Milton Cooper, Jr.
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| Authors: |
Cooper, John Milton.
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| Call number: |
B Wilson, Woodrow COO |
| Publisher: |
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. |
| Publication date: |
2009. |
| Subject: |
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1913-1921.
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| Title: |
Woodrow Wilson : a biography / John Milton Cooper, Jr. |
| Edition: |
1st ed. |
| Physical description: |
viii, 702 p., [16 ] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents note: |
Tommy -- Woodrow -- Professor -- Bold leader -- Academic civil war -- Governor -- Nominee -- The great campaign -- Preparation -- Beginnings -- Taken at the flood -- Triumph and tragedy -- Irony and gift of fate -- The shock of recognition -- Second flood tide -- To run again -- Peace and war -- Waging war -- Victory -- Covenant -- Peacemaking abroad and at home -- The League fight -- Disability -- Downfall -- Twilight. |
| Summary note: |
Evaluates the parallel worlds of the twenty-eighth president's personal and political arenas, examining his World War I leadership, his failed efforts to bring the United States into the League of Nations, and his contributions toward the creation of the United Nations. |
| Biography note: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [601]-668) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780307265418 :
0307265412 |
| LCCN: |
2009019097 |
| Url for this record: |
http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1222938
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| Bib No.: |
1222938 |
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