Woodrow Wilson's Leadership and Legacy

This chapter examines Woodrow Wilson's leadership style, emphasizing his bigotry, lack of empathy, and rationality-driven reforms. It discusses his failures as a war leader and peacemaker, and the consequences of his leadership, including economic depression and the return to high tariff policies. It also explores how the United States collecting war debts contributed to the Great Depression, the split among post-Wilson Democrats, and the rehabilitation of Wilson's foreign policy legacy.