Wilson, Volume II: The New Freedom

Arthur S. Link

Published by Princeton University Press 1956

Wilson, Volume II

The New Freedom

Arthur S. Link

Volume 2072 in the series Princeton Legacy Library

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400875825

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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.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	x
Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
I. The Aftermath of Victory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
II. Farewell to New Jersey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
III. The President of the United States Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
IV. The Wilson Circle: Personalities, Problems, and Policies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
V. The President, Congress, and the Democratic Party Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
VI. The Battle for Tariff Reform Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
VII. The Federal Reserve Act Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
VIII. Reformers, Radicals, and the New Freedom Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
IX. The Beginnings of New Freedom Diplomacy, 1913-1914 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277
X. First Stages of a Latin American Policy: Promises and Realities Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
XI. Mexico: The Background of Wilsonian Interference Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	347
XII. Wilson and the Triumph of the Constitutionalists Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	379
XIII. Antitrust Legislation: The Final Surge of New Freedom Reform Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	417
XIV. The Last Months of the New Freedom Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	445
Bibliography of Sources and Works Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	473
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	489