Abstract
One central theme characterized President Woodrow Wilson’s leadership in world affairs. He consistently endeavored to establish his control over American foreign relations. Seeking to dominate the policy-making process in the United States and to project American influence into other countries, he intended to use the full powers of the presidency.
Lloyd Ambrosius, “Woodrow Wilson and the Quest for Orderly Progress,” in Traditions and Values: American Diplomacy, 1865–1945, ed. Norman A. Graebner (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1985), 73–100. Reprinted by permission of University Press of America.
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Ambrosius, L.E. (2002). Woodrow Wilson and the Quest for Orderly Progress. In: Wilsonianism: Woodrow Wilson and His Legacy in American Foreign Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403970046_3
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