Woodrow Wilson : A Biography

from porch_reader

This is a very complete biography of Woodrow Wilson, and although it took me a while to finish, I really enjoyed this book. First of all, Wilson's story is a fascinating one. Before entering politics, Wilson was a political scholar and the president of Princeton University. He was elected Preside...

from HadriantheBlind

Wilson is a man of contradictions. A racist who advocated for women's suffrage and arguable opposed Prohibition, a reformer and a devout Presbyterian, an idealist and opportunist in equal measure. This biography clears up a lot about his life.A necessary and very helpful book, about an all-too-hu...

from zen_923

An excellent biography of Woodrow Wilson, this book is well-researched and easily understood. It provides an outstanding narration of the people, the places and the events that shaped Woodrow Wilson's personality and decisions. I would have wanted the author, however, to have put more depth in hi...

from mjgrogan

Embarrassingly here are the new things I learned from this 600 page book that I'll likely retain five years hence: • The ex-president used to go by his birth name of Tommy Wilson. • He was a big baseball fan. Obviously before the Houston Astros ruined the sport for many of us. • He almost took hi...

from stevesmits

A popular contemporary conception of Woodrow Wilson is that he was a largely successful president whose term ended in failure by his quixotic quest for Senate approval of the Treaty of Versailles and American entry into the League of Nations. He is viewed by some today as an academician and theor...