About this Book

The entry of the United States into World War I was a major turning point in the history of the twentieth century, for it assured the victory of the Allies over Imperial Germany in November 1918. In this stirring and scrupulously researched volume, Robert Ferrell has illuminated the crucial role of Woodrow Wilson as a wartime President and his tragic inability to gain passage in the Senate for the Treaty of Versailles -- and thereby U.S. entry into the League of Nations. "Woodrow Wilson and World War I" is an account of great military accomplishment and of great political failure, in which the country showed it was not ready to accept its pivotal role in world affairs. -- From publisher's description.