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Woodrow Wilson
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Noun1.Woodrow Wilson - 28th President of the United StatesWoodrow Wilson - 28th President of the United States; led the United States in World War I and secured the formation of the League of Nations (1856-1924)


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In the event, the danger that U-boat depredations might defeat Britain in the spring and summer of 1917 forced the reluctant Wilson administration to postpone dreadnought construction and concentrate on escort craft to defeat the U-boats.
During the First World War, it took the Wilson administration a lot of convincing effort to persuade the US public that fighting in the European war was in the US's interest.
I argue that the transition to the modern rhetorical presidency occurred around this time rather than during the Wilson administration.
 
 
 
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