212 | Neil Lanctot: How the Legacy of World War I Shapes Our Response to Ukraine
The Realignment
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Was It a Clash That Was Ever Going to Get Resolved?
There were issues that were pushing Wilson towards war in early 19 17, h but if he had really decided it was not necessary, he could have avoidedit. The zimmerman telegram is another issue, which you mention was a factor, but i think not as big a factors people have been led to believe. In wor war one for the united sates, there was a way out. And even up into the last minute, they could have said, no, we're going to arm our ships and we will be t protect our shipping, but we're not sending troops over. I think the country would have followed him, i really do. But unlike world work too, there
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