The Resource The moralist : Woodrow Wilson and the world he made, Patricia O'Toole
The moralist : Woodrow Wilson and the world he made, Patricia O'Toole
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The item The moralist : Woodrow Wilson and the world he made, Patricia O'Toole represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chelmsford Public Library.
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- Summary
- "President from 1913 to 1921, Wilson set a high bar for himself and the country. No president believed more fervently in the primacy of morality in politics or the 'moral force' of ideas. [This book] measures Wilson by his own standards while recounting his unprecedented success as an economic reformer, his grand vision for a peaceful world order, his moral blind spots (on race, women's suffrage, and free speech in wartime), and a final defeat that was largely self-inflicted. The Moralist is a cautionary tale about moral vanity and the limitations of leadership that strays too far from political realities. But it is also a tale of the enduring power of high ideals. Despite Wilson's missteps, his searching moral questions--about the role of a government in the lives of its people and about the duty of the United States to the larger world--transformed the economy and revolutionized international relations. Wilson's ideas remained at the heart of American political debate for the rest of the twentieth century. The challenges of the twenty-first require many answers that Wilson could not have supplied, but his central moral question--What is the right thing for a government to do?--is as relevant, and as urgent, as ever."--Dust jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 636 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- Son of the South
- When a man comes to himself
- Ascent
- Against all odds
- A new freedom
- A president begins
- Lines of accommodation
- Our detached and distant situation
- Moral force
- A psychological moment
- Departures
- The general wreck
- At sea
- Moonshine
- Strict accountability
- Haven
- Dodging trouble
- The world is on fire
- Stumbling in the dark
- The mystic influence of the stars and stripes
- By a whisker
- Verge of war
- Decision
- The associate
- The right men
- One white-hot mass instinct
- Over here, over there
- So many problems per diem
- Defiance
- Final triumph
- Storm warning
- The fog of peace
- Settling the accounts
- Stroking the cat the wrong way
- Paralyzed
- Altogether an unfortunate mess
- Breaking the heart of the world
- Best of the second-raters
- Swimming upstream
- Epilogue
- Isbn
- 9780743298094
- Label
- The moralist : Woodrow Wilson and the world he made
- Title
- The moralist
- Title remainder
- Woodrow Wilson and the world he made
- Statement of responsibility
- Patricia O'Toole
- Title variation
- Woodrow Wilson and the world he made
- Subject
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- HISTORY / Military / World War I
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- Presidents -- United States -- Biography
- United States -- Foreign relations | Moral and ethical aspects
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State
- Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1913-1921
- Biographies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "President from 1913 to 1921, Wilson set a high bar for himself and the country. No president believed more fervently in the primacy of morality in politics or the 'moral force' of ideas. [This book] measures Wilson by his own standards while recounting his unprecedented success as an economic reformer, his grand vision for a peaceful world order, his moral blind spots (on race, women's suffrage, and free speech in wartime), and a final defeat that was largely self-inflicted. The Moralist is a cautionary tale about moral vanity and the limitations of leadership that strays too far from political realities. But it is also a tale of the enduring power of high ideals. Despite Wilson's missteps, his searching moral questions--about the role of a government in the lives of its people and about the duty of the United States to the larger world--transformed the economy and revolutionized international relations. Wilson's ideas remained at the heart of American political debate for the rest of the twentieth century. The challenges of the twenty-first require many answers that Wilson could not have supplied, but his central moral question--What is the right thing for a government to do?--is as relevant, and as urgent, as ever."--Dust jacket
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- O'Toole, Patricia
- Dewey number
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- 973.91/3092
- B
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E767
- LC item number
- .O95 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Wilson, Woodrow
- Presidents
- United States
- United States
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State
- HISTORY / Military / World War I
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- United States
- United States
- Label
- The moralist : Woodrow Wilson and the world he made, Patricia O'Toole
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Son of the South -- When a man comes to himself -- Ascent -- Against all odds -- A new freedom -- A president begins -- Lines of accommodation -- Our detached and distant situation -- Moral force -- A psychological moment -- Departures -- The general wreck -- At sea -- Moonshine -- Strict accountability -- Haven -- Dodging trouble -- The world is on fire -- Stumbling in the dark -- The mystic influence of the stars and stripes -- By a whisker -- Verge of war -- Decision -- The associate -- The right men -- One white-hot mass instinct -- Over here, over there -- So many problems per diem -- Defiance -- Final triumph -- Storm warning -- The fog of peace -- Settling the accounts -- Stroking the cat the wrong way -- Paralyzed -- Altogether an unfortunate mess -- Breaking the heart of the world -- Best of the second-raters -- Swimming upstream -- Epilogue
- Control code
- ocn989963746
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 636 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780743298094
- Lccn
- 2018006628
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)989963746
- Label
- The moralist : Woodrow Wilson and the world he made, Patricia O'Toole
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Son of the South -- When a man comes to himself -- Ascent -- Against all odds -- A new freedom -- A president begins -- Lines of accommodation -- Our detached and distant situation -- Moral force -- A psychological moment -- Departures -- The general wreck -- At sea -- Moonshine -- Strict accountability -- Haven -- Dodging trouble -- The world is on fire -- Stumbling in the dark -- The mystic influence of the stars and stripes -- By a whisker -- Verge of war -- Decision -- The associate -- The right men -- One white-hot mass instinct -- Over here, over there -- So many problems per diem -- Defiance -- Final triumph -- Storm warning -- The fog of peace -- Settling the accounts -- Stroking the cat the wrong way -- Paralyzed -- Altogether an unfortunate mess -- Breaking the heart of the world -- Best of the second-raters -- Swimming upstream -- Epilogue
- Control code
- ocn989963746
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 636 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780743298094
- Lccn
- 2018006628
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)989963746
Subject
- HISTORY / Military / World War I
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- Presidents -- United States -- Biography
- United States -- Foreign relations | Moral and ethical aspects
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State
- Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1913-1921
- Biographies
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