Woodrow Wilson, Life and Letters, Vols. VII and VIII

Summary

These final volumes complete Ray Stannard Baker's multivolume life of Woodrow Wilson, tracing the president through the First World War and his fight for the League of Nations. Baker drew on Wilson's private papers and his own access as a close associate to document the diplomacy of the Paris Peace Conference and the bitter struggle over the peace treaty. The work stands as a sympathetic and richly sourced portrait of a leader whose international vision met defeat at home.