The question most frequently asked at Wilson House regards a request for additional
reading recommendations. In an attempt to offer a starting point, a wide-ranging
but abbreviated bibliography follows. Within each section, titles are listed alphabetically.
Edith and Woodrow; A Presidential Romance. by
Tom Shachtman, 1981. A popular history.
Edith and Woodrow: The Wilson White House.
by Phyllis Lee Levin, Scribner, 2001. A disapproving biography concentrating
on the relationship between Wilson and his second wife. Good, but somewhat overly
critical.
Ellen A. Wilson: The Woman Who Made a President.
by Sina Dubovoy, Nova History Publications, 2004.
Ellen Axson Wilson: First Lady, Two Worlds. by F. Sanders;
University of North Carolina Press, 1985. The only full biography of Wilson's
first wife. Well-researched and well-written.
In Search of Woodrow Wilson. by Robert Saunders; Greenwood
Publishing Group, 1998.
Life and Letters. by Ray Stannard Baker; 8 vols. 1927-1939.
This is the authorized biography, and the first to use WIlson's papers.
baker was a reporter and one of Wilson's friends.
Life of Woodrow Wilson, The. by Josephus Daniels; Greenwood
Publishing Group, 197. A very positive account written by Wilson's Secretary
of the Navy.
Political Thought of Woodrow Wilson, 1875-1910, The.
by Niels Aage Thorsen, Princeton, 1988. Wilson’s ideology before his political
career.
Real Woodrow Wilson: An Interview With Arthur S. Link,
Editor of the Wilson Papers, The.by James Robert Carroll,
Images from the Past, 2001. A nice short series of interviews with the leading
Wilson expert.
Warrior and the Priest: Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt,
The. by John Milton Cooper, Harvard University Press, 1983.
A comparative political biography, interesting and well-written.
When the Cheering Stopped: The Last Years of Woodrow Wilson.
by G. Smith; William Morrow and Co., 1964. The only account which concentrates
on Wilson's last years in retirement.
Woodrow Wilson, A Biography. by August Heckscher; Collier
Books, 1991 The best single-volume biography, written by a longtime Wilson scholar.
Woodrow Wilson: A Life for World Peace. by Herbert Rowen;
University of California Press, 1991
Woodrow Wilson: A Medical and Psychological Biography. Edwin
A. Weinstein, Princeton, 1981. A unique biography written by a physician.
Woodrow Wilson: A Penguin Life. by Louis Auchincloss;
Viking Press, 2000.
Woodrow Wilson: The Academic Years. by Henry
W. Bragdon, Harvard University Press, 1967. Covers Wilson through 1910. Contains
more details on his years at Princeton than standard biographies.
Woodrow Wilson: The Years of Preparation. by John Mulder;
Greenwood Publishing, 1997 Examines Wilson's presbyterian beliefs and
how they influenced his world view.
Congressional Government. 1885. Reprinted many times,
this was Wilson's first book.
Constitutional Government in the United States. 1908. reprinted
many times.
Division and Reunion. 1893. The first account of
the Civil War and its causes that did not take a sectional approach.
Element of Historical and Practical Policies. 1898
Free Life,The. 1908.
George Washington. 1896. A popular biography, it
was a best seller at the time but it did not age well.
Great Leaders of Political Thought, The. 1895
History of the American People, A. vols. 1-5, 1901.
A popular history.
Mere Literature and Other Essays. Ayer Co Pub, 1896.
One of Wilson's best books.
Minister and the Community, The. 1912
New Freedom: A Call for the Emancipation of the Generous Energies
of a People, The. 1912. Ghost-written from Wilson's speeches
and public statements. Published as part of Wilson's 1912 campaign.
Old Master, and Other Political Essays, An. 1893.
Essays from when WIlson was at his height as a writer.
On Being Human (Little Books of Wisdom).
Applewood Books, reprint 1997
On the Writing of History. American Classical Collection
Press, reprint 1978
Papers of Woodrow Wilson, The. 69 vols., 1856-1880;
edited by Arthur Link. The most through collection of presidential papers
ever put together.
State and Federal Governments of the United States. 1889.
Written as a textbook this was a standard text for government classes in several
different countries, including the United States, for several decades.
Brother Woodrow: A Memoir of Woodrow Wilson. by Stockton
Axson; edited by Arthur Link. Written by Wilson's brother-in-law and friend.
Axson sometimes misunderstood Wilson but the book is strong on the Princeton
years.
My Memoir. by Edith Bolling Wilson; Arno Press, 1938.
Wilson's second wife and widow gives her account. Obviously biased, but
interesting in what grudges she reveals.
Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson, The. by Herbert Hoover; Woodrow
Wilson Center Press, 1958 reprint 1992. Discusses Wilson at Versailles
and the Senate battle for the treaty.
Starling of the White House. by Edmund William
Starling, Acropolis Press, 1967. Starling was the head of the Secret
Service detail protecting Wilson (and his 4 successors) starting in 1915.
Wilson Era (2 Vols) Vol. 1: Years of Peace, 1910-1917, Vol.
2: Years of War and After, 1917-1923. The. by Josephus Daniels, University
of North Carolina Press, 1944-1946. The memoirs of WIlson's good friend
and Secretary of the Navy.
Woodrow Wilson, an Intimate Memoir. by Cary Grayson, 1977.
A short, positive account of Wilson by his doctor and friend.
Woodrow Wilson; Some Princeton Memories. edited
by William Starr Myers, Princeton University Press, 1946.
Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him. by Joseph Tumulty,
Doubleday, 1921. An admiring memoir by Wilson's secretary and advisor.
Campaigns for Progressivism and Peace, 1916-1917. by Arthur
Link; Princeton University Press, 1965. The fifth part of Link's five part biography
of Wilson. Unfortunately, Link never got past the American declaration
of war in early 1917.
Confusion and Crisis, 1915-1916. by Arthur Link; Princeton
University Press, 1964. Part 4 of Link's biography.
Higher Realism of Woodrow Wilson, The.
Arthur Link, Vanderbilt University Press, 1971. A collection
of essays by Link. The title essay is still relevant as a succinct defense
of Wilson against charges that he was too "idealistic."
Keeping the Covenant: American Internationalists and the
League of Nations, 1920-1939. by Warren Kuehl and Lynne Dunn; Kent
State University Press, 1997.
New Freedom, The. by Arthur Link; Princeton University
Press, 1956. The second part of Link's biography.
Origins of the Foreign Policy of Woodrow Wilson,
The. by Harley Notter, Johns Hopkins, 1937. An old interpretation
but still used by historians. Notter argues that many of Wilson's ideas
about foreign policy were, in fact, in place when he took office.
Philosophy and Politics of Woodrow Wilson,
The. edited by Earl Latham, University of Chicago Press, 1958.
A collection of essays, some of which have aged better than others.
Pan American Visions: Woodrow Wilson and the Western Hemisphere,
1913-1921. by Mark Gilderhus; University of Arizona Press, 1986.
Presidency of Woodrow Wilson, The. by Kendrick
Clements; University of Kansas Press, 1992. The best short history of
Wilson's two terms in office.
President As Statesman: Woodrow Wilson and the Constitution
(American Political Thought), The. by Daniel Stid; University Press
of Kansas, 1998.
Road to the White House, The. by Arthur Link; Princeton
University Press, 1947. The first part of Link's five part biography of Wilson.
This volume covers 1856-1912.
Struggle for Neutrality, 1914-1915, The. by Arthur
Link; Princeton University Press, 1960. Part three of Link's biography.
Woodrow Wilson and the American Diplomatic Tradition: The Treaty
Fight in Perspective. by Lloyd Ambrosius, Cambridge
University Press, 1990.
Woodrow Wilson and the Politics of Morality. by John Morton
Blum; Addison-Wesley Pub Co, 1998.
Woodrow Wilson 1913 – 1921. by H.W. Brands, The American
Presidents Series. Time Books, 2003. The newest short biography.
Woodrow Wilson: World Statesman. by Kendrick Clements;
Twayne, 1999. Clements deals with Wilson's personal
life, his accomplishments, and the controversies that still surround him.
Woodrow Wilson and World Politics; America's Response to War
and Revolution. by Norman Gordon Levin; Oxford University Press, 1980.
Woodrow Wilson: Revolution, War, and Peace. by Arthur Link;
Harlan Davidson, 1979. A good short examination of Wilson's foreign policy.
Woodrow Wilson's Swing Around the Circle in Defense of His
League. by Gregg Phifer; Florida State University Studies, 1956.
Woodrow Wilson and the Press : Prelude to the Presidency.
by James Startt, Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. The best book on Wilson’s relationship
with the press.
Woodrow WIlson: A Life for World Peace. by Jan Schulte Nordholt,
University of California Press, 1991. Emphasizes Wilson's moral leadership.
Wilson and the League of Nations: Why America's Rejection?
By Ralph Stone; Krieger Publishing Company, 1978.
Wilson: Profiles in Power. by J.A. Thompson, Longman, 2002.
A well-rounded account of Wilson, arguing that he was not an unrealistic visionary.
Integrates Wilson’s academic career with his leadership as President.
Woodrow Wilson and His Peacemakers: American Diplomacy at the
Paris Peace Conference, 1919. by Arthur Walworth, 1986.
Behind the Mask of Chivalry: The Making of the Second Ku Klux Klan.
by Nancy MacLean, Oxford University Press, 1995.
Betrayal of the Negro: From Rutherford Hayes to Woodrow Wilson, The.
by Rayford W. Logan, and Eric Foner, Dacapo, 1997. First issued in 1954, it
is still an essential work. Very critical of Wilson.
Hooded Americanism: The History of the Ku Klux Klan. by David
M. Chalmers, Duke University Press, 1987 (3d edition). Still the standard account.
Living In, Living Out: African American Domestics in Washington, D.C.,
1910-1940. by Elizabeth Clark-Lewis, Smithsonian Books, 1994. Based
on interviews with former African-American servants. Very revealing on race-relations
not only in Washington, but in the US as a whole.
Unknown Soldiers: African-American Troops in World War I,
The. by Arthur E. Barbeau, Dacapo, 1996 (reprint).
Banking Reform and the Federal Reserve, 1863-1923. by Robery
West, Cornell, 1977. Includes Wilson and the creation of the Federal Reserve.
In Whose Best Interest? Child Labor Legislation in the Southern Textile
States. by Susan Tiffin, Greenwood, 1982.
Triangle: The Fire That Changed America. by David Von Drehle,
Atlantic Monthly Press, 2003. The 1911 fire in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory
killed 146 workers, and helped win support for labor reform.
We Shall Be All: A History of the Industrial Workers of the World.
by Melvyn Dubofsky, Illinois, 2000.
Wobblies: The Story of IWW and Syndicalism in the United States,
The. by Patrick Renshaw, Ivan R. Dee, 1999.
1912 : Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs -The Election that Changed
the Country. by James Chace, Simon & Schuster. 2004. Chase
clearly preferred Roosevelt to Wilson and it shows in his writing, but this
is nonetheless a good popular account of the election.
Politics of Provincialism : The Democratic Party in Transition, 1918-1932,
The. by David Burner, Norton, 1986 (reprint). Wilson’s effect
on the Democratic Party prior to FDR.
Presidential Election of 1916, The. by S.D.
Lovell, Southern Illinois, 1980. The author argues that the election victory
was a personal victory for Wilson.
Progressivism at Risk: Electing a President in 1912. by Francis
L. Broderick, Greenwood Press, 1989. A detailed discussion of the election and
the four major candidates. The best book on this important election.
Road to Normalacy: The Presidential Campaign and Election of 1920,
The. by Wesley M. Bagby, Johns Hopkins, 1962. Examines Wilson’s
efforts to win a third term. Now dated but still worth reading.
Huddled Masses: The Immigrant in American Society, 1880-1921,
The. by Alan M. Kraunt, Harlan Davidson, 1982. Discusses
Wilson's vetoes on immigration restriction while President.
Labor and Immigration in Industrial America. by Robert D.
Parmet, Twayne, 1981. Describes WIlson's consistent position vetoing immigration
restriction.
Race, Radicalism, Religion, and Restriction : Immigration in the Pacific
Northwest, 1890-1924. By Kristofer Allerfeldt, Praeger Publishers,
2003.
Whiteness of a Different Color: European Immigrants and the Alchemy
of Race. by Matthew Frye Jacobson, Harvard, 1999 (reprint).
Archaeologist Was a Spy: Sylvanus G. Morley and the Office of Naval
Intelligence, The. by Charles H. Harris & Louis
R. Sadler, University of New Mexico Press, 2003. How the US Navy
used archeological expeditions as a cover to spy on German activities in Central
America during the First World War.
Border and the Revolution: Clandestine Activities of the Mexican Revolution
: 1910-1920, The. by Charles H. Harris & Louis
R. Sadler, High Lonesome Press, 1990 (2d edition). An interesting series
of articles on this neglected aspect of American-mexican relations.
Inquiry: American Preparations for Peace, 1917-1919, The.
by Lawrence E. Gelfand, Yale, 1963. The Inquiry was designed
to provide Wilson with background information on the numerous international
issues with which he would have to deal at the peace talks.
ZimmermanTelegram, The.
by Barbara Tuchman, Viking, 1958. The strange tale of how this intercepted German
telegram helped push the US into World War I.
Affair of Honor: Woodrow Wilson and the Occupation of Vera Cruz.
by R.E. Quirk; WW Norton & Co, 1967. Dated, but still the standard
work on this episode
Diplomacy and Revolution: US-Mexican Relations under Wilson and Carranza.by
Mark Gilderhus, University of Arizona Press, 1977. A good short account.
Emissaries to a Revolution: Woodrow Wilson's Executive Agents in Mexico.
by Larry D. Hill, Louisiana State University Press, 1973. Discusses Wilson's
use of the numerous agents WIlson sent to Mexico to gather information and to
negotiate with the different revolutionary factions.
Intervention!: The United States and the Mexican Revolution, 1913-1917.
by John S.D. Eisenhower, Norton, 1995. A very well-written popular history.
Pan-American Visions: Woodrow Wilson in the Western Hemisphere, 1913-1921.
by David Healy, University of Arizona Press, 1986.
Revolution and Intervention: The Diplomacy of Taft and Wilson with
Mexico, 1910-1917. by Edward P. Haley, MIT Press, 1970.
Secret War in Mexico: Europe, the United States, and the Mexican Revolution,
The. by Friedrich Katz, University of Chicago Press, 1981.
Covers far more than just Wilson, but is unlikely to ever be bypassed as the
standard work on foreign involvement in the Mexican Revolution. Katz,
however, underestimates Wilson's support for the revolutionaries in Mexico and
his own distrust of American business interests in that country.
Wilson and Revolutions : 1913-1921. by Lloyd C. Gardner, J.
Lippincott, 1976. Discusses interventions in Mexico and Russia, including
primary documents.
Deliver Us from Evil: An Interpretation of American Prohibition.
by Norman H. Clark, W.W. Norton. 1985. As much sociology as history
this book is one of the best short works on Prohibition.
Domesticating Drink: Women, Men, and Alcohol in America, 1870-1940.
(Gender Relations in the American Experience).
by Catherine Gilbert Murdock, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. A
useful social history about changing gender roles.
Organized for Prohibition: A New History of the Anti-Saloon League.
by K. Austin Kerr, Yale, 1985. How Wilson lost “dry” support as
President.
Progressives and Prohibition: Texas Democrats in the Wilson Era.
by Lewis Gould, University of Texas Press, 1973. A good examination
of how Prohibition fit within the Progressive movements, using Texas as a case
study.
Prohibition and the Progressive Movement. by James H. Timberlake,
Harvard, 1963. Explains Wilson's opposition to Prohibition. Attributes
Prohibition support to the old-stock, Protestant middle class as part of Progressivism.
Prohibition: The Lie of the Land. by Sean Dennis Cashman,
Free Press, 1981. Argues Wilson’s background may
have led him to support Prohibition, but his political instincts caused him
to oppose it.
Repealing National Prohibition. by David E. Kyvig, University
of Chicago Press, 1979.
Retreat from Reform: The Prohibition Movement in the United States,
1890-1913. by Jack S. Blocker, Greenwood, 1976.
Shaping the Eighteenth Amendment: Temperance Reform, Legal Culture,
and the Polity, 1880-1920. (Studies in Legal History). by Richard F.
Hamm, University of North Carolina Press, 1995.
American Liberals and the Russian Revolution. by Christopher
Lasch, Columbia, 1962. (reprinted 1972). The impact of the Russian Revolution
on American politics and foreign policy.
Between Ideology and Realpolitik : Woodrow Wilson and the Russian Revolution,
1917-1921. by George Schild, Greenwood Press, 1995. Wilson so
strongly believed that a democratic government would prevail that he refused
to back an Allied crusade against Bolshevism.
Between War and Peace: Woodrow Wilson and the American Expeditionary
Force in Siberia, 1918-1921. by Carol Willcox Melton, Mercer University
Press, 2001. Maybe the definitive work. Describes how Wilson attempted to use
a limited intervention to provide time for a popular government to form.
First Cold War: The Legacy of Woodrow Wilson in U.S.-Soviet Relations,
The. by Donald E. Davis & Eugene P. Trani, University of
Missouri Press, 2002. Argues that Wilson was the first Cold Warrior.
United States, Revolutionary Russia, and the Rise of Czechoslovakia,
The. by Betty Unterberger, University of North Carolina Press,
1989.
Wilson and Revolutions : 1913-1921. by Lloyd C. Gardner, J.
Lippincott, 1976. Discusses interventions in both Mexico and Russia, including
primary documents.
From Equal Suffrage to Equal Rights : Alice Paul and the National Woman's
Party, 1910-1928. by Christine Lunardini, New York University Press,
1986. How the suffrage movement was reinvigorated with a change in tactics.
Ideals of the Woman’s Suffrage Movement, 1890-1920, The.
by Aileen Kraditor, Columbia, 1965, a new edition was published in 1981.
Jailed for Freedom: American Women Win the Vote. by Doris
Stevens and Carol O'Hare, Newsage Press, 1995. A first hand account of
the demonstrations, pickets and jailing in the fight for woman's suffrage in
Washington, D.C. from 1913-1919. Wilson does not come off well in
Steven's account.
One Woman One Vote: Rediscovering the Woman Suffrage Movement.
by Marjorie Spruill Wheeler, Newsage Press, 1995. A collection of
essays written to accompany a PBS series.
Women’s Movements in the United States: Woman Suffrage, Equal
Rights, and Beyond. by Steven Buechler, Rutgers, 1990.
Breaking the Heart of the World. by John Milton Cooper, Cambridge,
2001. Now the standard work on Wilson and the League and undoubtedly will remain
so in the future. Very highly recommended.
British-American Relations, 1917-1918: the Role of Sir William Wiseman.
by Wilton B. Fowler, Princeton University Press, 1969. The account of
a British Army captain who earned Wilson's trust and acted as a liaison between
Wilson and London.
Colonel House in Paris: A Study of American Policy at the Paris Peace
Conference. 1919. by Inga Floto, Princeton. 1980. A critical account
of House’s activities.
Europe's Last Summer : Who Started the Great War in 1914? by
David Fromkin, Knopf, 2004. Persuavely argues that Germany and Austria each
deliberately started a war, but that events did not go as planned.
First World War, The. by John Keegan, Vintage, 2000. A great
succinct history.
Great Britain and the Creation of the League of Nations: Strategy,
Politics, and International Organization, 1914-1919. by George
William Egerton, University of North Carolina Press, 1978. Argues that
britain supported the idea of a League to help preserve its place alongside
the US as a world power.
Irreconcilables: The Fight Against the League of Nations, The
. by Ralph Stone, Kentucky, 1970. Examines how the irreconcilables,
opponents of the League treaty, interacted with Wilson and Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge.
Legacy of Woodrow Wilson, The. by David M. Esposito, Praeger,
1996. A favorable account of Wilson’s leadership in World War I.
Lloyd George, Woodrow Wilson and the Guilt of Germany: An Essay in
the Prehistory of Appeasement. by Antony Lentin, Louisiana State University
press, 1985. Also see Lentin's book, Lloyd George and the
Lost Peace : From Versailles to Hitler, 1919-1940. Palgrave Macmillan,
2001.
Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy. by Diana Preston, Walker, 2002.
The most balanced account of this event.
Lusitania Disaster: An Episode in Modern Warfare and Diplomacy, The
. by Thomas Bailey and Paul B. Ryan, Free Press, 1975. Examines, and
debunks, the conspiracy theories about the sinking. A very balanced account.
National War Labor Board: Stability, Social Justice, and the Voluntary
State in World War I, The. by Valerie Jean Conner,
University of North Carolina Press, 1983.
Over Here: The First World War and American Society. by David
Kennedy, Oxford University Press, 1982. reissued 2004. The standard work.
Origins of the Modern Peace Movement, 1915-1929. by Charles
DeBenedetti, KTO Press, 1978.
Origins of World War I, The. edited by Richard
F. Hamilton and Holger H. Herwig, Cambridge University Press, 2003. A
collection of essays on the outbreak of the First World War, divided by country.
Highly recommended.
Paris, 1919: Six Months that Changed the World. by Margaret
MacMillian, Random House, 2002. The best book on the Peace Conference. Well-written
and well researched. Very highly recommended.
Political Origins of the New Diplomacy, 1917-1918. by Arno
J. Mayer. Yale, 1959 (reprinted 1970). One of the best commentaries ever written
on Wilson’s 14 Points. Notes how it was designed to compete for
world leadership with the Russian revolutionaries.
Politics and Diplomacy of Peacemaking: Containment and Counterrevolution
at Versailles, 1918-1919. by Arno Mayer, Alfred Knopf, 1967.
Mayer argues that Wilson was to the left of the other leaders at the peace conference
and that his political leverage was nullified by the moderates at the conference.
Safe for Democracy: Anglo-American Response to Revolution.
by Lloyd C. Gardner, Oxford University Press, 1984. Gardner saw Wilson's
entry into World War I as a means to stop revolutions and to establish a liberal
capitalist international order. Good, but over-emphasizes Wilson's economic
motivations.
To End All Wars: Woodrow Wilson and the Quest for a New World Order.
by Thomas Knock; Princeton University Press, 1995. Highly recommended.
An insightful examination of Wilson's ideology.
Wilson the Diplomatist: A Look at His Major Foreign Policies.
by Arthur Link, Johns Hopkins, 1957. Despite the title, focuses
mainly on World War I, versailles and the League Treaty fight in the US.
A good short history by Wilson's main biographer.
Wilson and World Politics: America’s Response to War and Revolution.
by Norman Gordon Levin, Oxford, 1968. A very influential book that argues Wilson’s
wartime policy was designed to create a liberal-capitalist world order.
Wilsonian Statecraft: Theory and Practice of a Liberal Internationalism
during World War I. by Lloyd Ambrosius, Scholarly Resource, 1991.
Woodrow Wilson and a Revolutionary World, 1913-1921. edited
by Arthur Link, North Carolina, 1982. A series of essays by different historians
from a 1979 conference.
Woodrow Wilson and the American Diplomatic Tradition: The Treaty Fight
in Perspective. by Lloyd Ambrosius, Harvard, 1987.
Woodrow Wilson and the Peacemakers. (2 volumes). by Thomas
Bailey, Macmillan, 1947. Lays the blame for the failure of the US to join the
League on Wilson for his refusal to compromise. Still the standard work for
this interpretation. Should be read in conjunction with Cooper, listed below.
Woodrow Wilson and World War I, 1917-1921. by Robert H. Ferrell,
Harper & Row, 1985. A critical account of Wilson’s performance as
a wartime leader.
Woodrow Wilson, Revolutionary Germany, and Peacemaking, 1918-1919:
Missionary Diplomacy and the Realities of Power. by Klaus Schwabe,
North Carolina, 1985. The best single work concentrating on US-German
relations covering this period.
World War and American Isolation, 1914-1917, The. by Ernest
May. Harvard, 1959. A comprehensive analysis of the dilemmas Wilson faced in
dealing with the war in Europe. Old but still well worth reading.
World War I and the Origins of Civil Liberties in the United States.
by Paul Murphy, Norton, 1979. The standard work on the debate between patriotism
and civil liberties during the war.
Yanks: The Epic Story of the American Army in World War I.
by John Eisenhower. Free Press, 2002. A well-written popular history.
Very Different Age: Americans of the Progressive Era. by Steven
Diner, Hill & Wang, 1998. A recent comprehensive survey of the period.
Irish-America and National Isolationism, 1914-1920. by Joseph
E. Cuddy, Arno Press, 1976. The effect of Wilson's policy towards the
Allies in World War I on Irish-American support for the Democratic Party.
1915, The Cultural Moment: The New Politics, the New Woman, the New
Psychology, the New Art, and the New Theater in America, edited by
Adele Heller, Rutgers University Press, 1991.
Perils of Prosperity, 1914-1932, The. by William E. Leuchtenburg,
University of Chicago, 1993 (second edition) An older but still excellent survey
of the period.
Power and Principle: Armed Intervention in Wilsonian Foreign Policy.
by Frederick Sill Calhoun, Kent State University Press, 1986.
Search for Order, 1877-1920, The. by Robert
Wiebe, Hill & Wang, 1966. Wiebe argues that a fundamental shift in American
society occurred with the rising of a bureaucratic urban middle class.
A very influential book, essential for understanding early 20th century progressivism.
Uses of Force and Wilsonian Foreign Policy. by Frederick Sill
Calhoun, Kent State University Press, 1993. Both of Calhoun's books are
very good theoretical studies of Wilson's use of force in his foreign policy.
Invaluable for studying Wilson and World War I as well as Mexico.
Woodrow Wilson: A Bibliography, compiled by John M. Mulder,
Ernest M. White, and Ethel S. White. Greenwood Press, 1997.
A thorough annotated bibliography.
Please note that all opinions expressed here are those of Dr. Benbow and are
not necessarily those of the Wilson House or of the National Trust for Historic
Preservation. Questions or comments may be sent to sandrews@woodrowwilsonhouse.org.
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