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b_b  ·  4480 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A Beautiful Speech by Woodrow Wilson

Wilson was definitely a visionary. Its a shame more attention wasn't paid to him at home and abroad after WWI. The post-war years could have been radically different, and who knows, maybe WWII could have been avoided. He was definitely a citizen of the Word before that was even a thing.





cgod  ·  4478 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Wilson was regarded very warmly by much of the colonial world, you could say he was a hero in many of the areas that labored under colonial oppression. He was regarded as a starry eyed fool by many of the international politicians in the post WWI world.

Although he didn't prevent the division of the middle east or the oppression of Germany post WWI I think he left a legacy that makes being a citizen of the world more possible then it was before he hit the scene.

I have read many presidential biographies and a bit of post WWI history, but never a biography on Wilson, it's probably something that I should check off my liberal education list.