1917: Vladimir Lenin, Woodrow Wilson, and the Year That Created the Modern Age 9780062570925, 0062570927

In 1917, Arthur Herman examines one crucial year and the two figures at its center who would set the course of modern wo

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1917: Vladimir Lenin, Woodrow Wilson, and the Year That Created the Modern Age
9780062570925, 0062570927

The German note -- Russia and America confront a world war -- Tommy and Volodya -- Neutrality at bay -- Break point -- P

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Before Woodrow Wilson became president of the United States, he spent 25 years at Princeton University, first as an unde

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To probe the nature of Woodrow Wilson's intellectual development, this book focuses on the relationship between his

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Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924). It is September 1919 - a meeting hall in a small mid-Western city. A thin man is speaking to

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This book, published in conjunction with the hundredth anniversary of the Paris Peace Conference, traces President Woodr

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Throughout this narrative the author combines the historical material with an expert understanding of Wilson's ailm

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