Woodrow Wilson and the American Diplomatic Tradition
The Treaty Fight in Perspective

Lloyd E. Ambrosius (Author)

9780521385855, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 26 January 1990

344 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.51 kg

'Lloyd E. Ambrosius offers an ambitious reinterpretation of the U.S. Senate's rejection of the Versailles treaty, the first of the 'great debates' over the role of the United States in world politics. Ambrosius is most successful in clarifying the day-to-day politics of the treaty fight, especially the manoeuvres of Lodge and his minions. This aspect guarantees the utility of Woodrow Wilson and the American Diplomatic Tradition to historians of Wilson and the First World War.' David F. Trask, International History Review

Woodrow Wilson's contributions to the creation of the League of Nations as well as his failures in the Senate battles over the Versailles treaty are stressed in this account of his leadership in international affairs.

Preface
Acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
1. Introduction: Wilson's new world
2. Origins of Wilson's league of nations idea
3. Drafting of the League of Nations Covenant
4. American criticism of Wilson's peacemaking
5. Revision of the League of Nations Covenant
6. The question of control at home and abroad
7. The Versailles Treaty in the Senate
8. American rejection of the Versailles peace
9. The aftermath of Wilson's peacemaking
10. Epilogue: Wilson's legacy
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 [HBLW], History of the Americas [HBJK]