Wilson, Volume II : : The New Freedom / / Arthur S. Link.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Link, Arthur S.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1956
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 2072
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (528 p.)

Woodrow Wilson was swept into the White House on the basis of a program characterized by the words "The New Freedom." The exciting story of his attempts to put this program into effect, in spite of a sometimes recalcitrant congress, makes up the body of this book, the second volume in Professor Link's monumental biography of Wilson. Covering the first two years of his presidency and concentrating on domestic issues, Professor Link shows Wilson meeting the complex demands of his new office, selecting his cabinet, paying political debts, organizing congressional support, seeking the approval of the public. Wilson was deeply committed to the reform program, and in the fight to put it into effect the personalities of the Wilson circle and its opponents appear vividly. The picture of Wilson as an astute politician adapting and shaping the forces around him is especially revealing in view of the popular stereotype of Wilson as an impractical, uncompromising idealist. The book also describes the Mexican intervention and the beginnings of the New Freedom diplomacy in Latin American affairs, taking the reader up to the brink of World War I. It is a worthy sequel to the famous first volume, Wilson: The Road to the White House, and will leave its readers eager for the next volume on the problems of neutrality.Originally published in 1956.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Illustrations -- I. The Aftermath of Victory -- II. Farewell to New Jersey -- III. The President of the United States -- IV. The Wilson Circle: Personalities, Problems, and Policies -- V. The President, Congress, and the Democratic Party -- VI. The Battle for Tariff Reform -- VII. The Federal Reserve Act -- VIII. Reformers, Radicals, and the New Freedom -- IX. The Beginnings of New Freedom Diplomacy, 1913-1914 -- X. First Stages of a Latin American Policy: Promises and Realities -- XI. Mexico: The Background of Wilsonian Interference -- XII. Wilson and the Triumph of the Constitutionalists -- XIII. Antitrust Legislation: The Final Surge of New Freedom Reform -- XIV. The Last Months of the New Freedom -- Bibliography of Sources and Works Cited -- Index