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The foreign policy under the presidency of Woodrow Wilson deals with American diplomacy, and political, economic, military, and cultural relationships with the rest of the world from 1913 to 1921. Although Wilson had no experience in foreign policy, he made all the major decisions, usually with the top advisor Edward M. House. His foreign ...
Thomas Woodrow Wilson ... Wilson's primary foreign policy objectives were to keep the United States out of the war in ... Wilson was indifferent to the issue, ...
Democrat Woodrow Wilson made all the major foreign policy decisions as president, from 1913 to his mental breakdown in late 1919. Other key foreign policy figures in the Wilson administration include Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan, [1] and "Colonel" Edward M. House, Wilson's key foreign policy adviser until 1919. [2]
Wilson's foreign policy was based on an idealistic approach to liberal internationalism that sharply contrasted with realist conservative nationalism of Taft, Roosevelt, and William McKinley. [160] Since 1900, the consensus of Democrats had, according to Arthur Link: consistently condemned militarism, imperialism, and interventionism in foreign ...
Woodrow Wilson had a strong base in the south for his foreign policy regarding World War I and the League of Nations. [158] In the late 1930s, Southern Conservative Democrats opposed the domestic policies of the New Deal but strongly supported Franklin Roosevelt's internationalist foreign policy. [ 159 ]
Wilsonianism, or Wilsonian idealism, is a certain type of foreign policy advice.The term comes from the ideas and proposals of United States President Woodrow Wilson.He issued his famous Fourteen Points in January 1918 as a basis for ending World War I and promoting world peace.
President Woodrow Wilson was able to navigate neutrality in World War I for about three years, and to win 1916 reelection with the slogan "He kept us out of war." The neutrality policy was supported by the tradition of shunning foreign entanglements, and by the large population of immigrants from Europe with divided loyalties in the conflict.
Wilson's ethical and religious beliefs profoundly influenced his foreign policy as president. Nations, like individuals, should adhere to high ethical and moral standards. Democracy, Wilson thought, was the most Christian of governmental systems, suitable for all peoples. The democratic United States thus had a moral mandate for world leadership.