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Woodrow Wilson

A Conservative Continuum

David Keene | Aug 29, 2007
The sharp divides within the conservative movement are more imagined than real. Any conservative—whether "paleo" or "neo"— would object to a foreign policy bereft of values.

Comments & Responses

Conrad Black | Jun 01, 2006
Conrad Black responds to Robert Tucker and David Hendrickson

The Boldness of Charles Evans Hughes

Margot Louria | Jun 01, 2003
The advent of a new historical epoch requires boldness in foreign policy architecture. Though less studied than the post-World War II master builders, Charles Evans Hughes' effort after World War I is a worthy case in point.

Bad Statesman, Good Prophet

Michael Mandelbaum | Jun 01, 2001
The shape of the post-Cold War world is not really elusive. It is defined by the Wilsonian triad of democracy, free trade and arms control.

An Inner Circle of One: Woodrow Wilson and His Advisors

Robert W. Tucker | Mar 01, 1998
Woodrow Wilson's unwillingness to seek advice, his disinclination to hear what was unwelcome to him, and, even more, his penchant for taking an immediate dislike of those who told him what he did not wish to hear, were traits rec

The Future of a Contradiction

Robert W. Tucker | Mar 01, 1996
The great issue of American foreign policy today may be simply stated.
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Woodrow Wilson's War

Michael C. Desch | Jan 21, 2009
George W. Bush’s decision to invade Iraq was more consistent with the American tradition than many of his critics claimed, and some of his erstwhile supporters wished. The Wilsonians try to distance themselves from Bush, but they wind  up demonstr

Contending Schools

Charles William Maynes | Mar 01, 2001
Three distinct schools of thought shape the debate on how America should best pursue its post-Cold War interests in the world.

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