HIST 2340W Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: William Jennings Bryan, Wilsonianism, Democratic Russia
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09/10/2019 - us diplomatic history fall 2019 professor hershberg. Chapter 3: war, peace, and revolution in the time of wilson, 1914-1920. Hypocrisy of his rhetoric and action in legacy of colonialism. League of nations and the failure to join, pushing an international order. A naive idealist, utopian who was unrealistic in the formula he enacted at the end of the war, lacking realism. Neutrality (wilson"s view of neutrality was unfair? tilted?) Woodrow wilson vs fdr (very supportive of wilsonianism and change according to public opinion and learning from wilson"s mistake) The outbreak of war was confusing for most americans: president of austria-hungary got assassinated, triggered a series of interlocking alliances (austria-hungary, germany,) (france, england, russia). Later see mobilization of army that all sides thought were short and glorious. Russian-jewish americans does not want to go to war alongside the tsar). Sinking of the lusitania (passenger liner, but was carrying a little bit arm ny-england):
