The Moralist: Woodrow Wilson And The World He Made
- Author: Patricia O'Toole
- Narrator: Fred Sanders
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Duration: 23:12:18
Synopsis
Acclaimed author Patricia O’Toole’s “superb” (The New York Times) account of Woodrow Wilson, one of the most high-minded, consequential, and controversial US presidents. A “gripping” (USA TODAY) biography, The Moralist is “an essential contribution to presidential history” (Booklist, starred review).
“In graceful prose and deep scholarship, Patricia O’Toole casts new light on the presidency of Woodrow Wilson” (Star Tribune, Minneapolis). The Moralist shows how Wilson was a progressive who enjoyed unprecedented success in leveling the economic playing field, but he was behind the times on racial equality and women’s suffrage. As a Southern boy during the Civil War, he knew the ravages of war, and as president he refused to lead the country into World War I until he was convinced that Germany posed a direct threat to the United States. Once committed, he was an admirable commander-in-chief, yet he also presided over the harshest suppression of political dissent in American history.
After the war Wilson became the world’s most ardent champion of liberal internationalism—a democratic new world order committed to peace, collective security, and free trade. With Wilson’s leadership, the governments at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 founded the League of Nations, a federation of the world’s democracies. The creation of the League, Wilson’s last great triumph, was quickly followed by two crushing blows: a paralyzing stroke and the rejection of the treaty that would have allowed the United States to join the League. Ultimately, Wilson’s liberal internationalism was revived by Franklin D. Roosevelt and it has shaped American foreign relations—for better and worse—ever since.
A cautionary tale about the perils of moral vanity and American overreach in foreign affairs, The Moralist “does full justice to Wilson’s complexities” (The Wall Street Journal).
Chapters
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Moralist 01 Open
Duration: 13s -
Moralist 02 Author'sNote
Duration: 10min -
Moralist 03 Ch1
Duration: 35min -
Moralist 04 Ch2
Duration: 48min -
Moralist 05 Ch3
Duration: 29min -
Moralist 06 Ch4
Duration: 33min -
Moralist 07 Ch5
Duration: 31min -
Moralist 08 Ch6
Duration: 31min -
Moralist 09 Ch7
Duration: 24min -
Moralist 10 Ch8
Duration: 24min -
Moralist 11 Ch9
Duration: 24min -
Moralist 12 Ch10
Duration: 26min -
Moralist 13 Ch11
Duration: 24min -
Moralist 14 Ch12
Duration: 21min -
Moralist 15 Ch13
Duration: 25min -
Moralist 16 Ch14
Duration: 44min -
Moralist 17 Ch15
Duration: 33min -
Moralist 18 Ch16
Duration: 23min -
Moralist 19 Ch17
Duration: 31min -
Moralist 20 Ch18
Duration: 35min