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Wilsonianism

Woodrow Wilson and His Legacy in American Foreign Relations

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  • © 2002

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  1. Lloyd E. Ambrosius
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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Lloyd E. Ambrosius
      Pages 1-18

  3. History and Ideology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. Woodrow Wilson and the Culture of Wilsonianism

      • Lloyd E. Ambrosius
      Pages 21-29

    3. Woodrow Wilson and the Quest for Orderly Progress

      • Lloyd E. Ambrosius
      Pages 31-47

  5. National Self-Determination and Ethnic Politics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115
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    2. Ethnic Politics and German-American Relations after World War I: The Fight over the Versailles Treaty in the United States

      • Lloyd E. Ambrosius
      Pages 117-123

    3. Dilemmas of National Self-Determination: Woodrow Wilson’s Legacy

      • Lloyd E. Ambrosius
      Pages 125-134

  6. Historiography and Wilsonian Statecraft

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
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    2. Woodrow Wilson’s Health and the Treaty Fight, 1919–1920

      • Lloyd E. Ambrosius
      Pages 137-144

    3. The Orthodoxy of Revisionism: Woodrow Wilson and the New Left

      • Lloyd E. Ambrosius
      Pages 145-155

    4. Vietnam Revisited: Wilson’s Ghost

      • Lloyd E. Ambrosius
      Pages 157-173

    5. Post-Cold War Wilsonianism: America’s Mission?

      • Lloyd E. Ambrosius
      Pages 175-181

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 183-233
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About this book

In Wilsonianism , American foreign relations specialist Lloyd E. Ambrosius has compiled his published and unpublished essays on Woodrow Wilson's liberal ideology and statecraft during and after World War I. Although the president failed in his pursuit of a new world order, his legacy of Wilsonianism - the principles of national self-determination, economic globalization, collective security, and progressive historicism - continued to shape U.S. foreign relations throughout the American Century. Ambrosius examines the American roots of Wilson's liberal internationalism, the dilemmas and contradictions in his principles, and the problematic consequences of U.S. efforts to implement Wilsonian ideals without fully appreciating the world's cultural pluralism as well as its economic and political interdependence. Offering a pluralist variant of the realist tradition in international relations, Ambrosius stresses the centrality of power; but maintains that culture and political economy as well as military strength determine the balance of power within and among nations or empires. Consequently, he concludes, making the world safe for democracy has been more problematic in practice, both at home and abroad, than proclaiming Wilsonian principles in the abstract.

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'...this work shows the author at his most perceptive and, at times, brilliant...highly recommended.' - J.D. Doenecke, Choice

'...an impressively researched, closely reasoned and cogently argued set of essays.' - Joseph A. Fry, International History Review

About the author

LLOYD E. AMBROSIUS is professor of history at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. A specialist in the history of American foreign relations, he is the author of 2 books and over 20 articles on Woodrow Wilson.

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