Woodrow Wilson 1919: Savior of Europe

When the Great War ended in 1918, US President Wilson was a hero to the Allies.

WW: Writer of Rules and Righter of Wrongs

Many historians over the past century have alluded to Woodrow Wilson’s messianic streak. He was a devout Presbyterian from a family of Presbyterian preachers, infused with a personal sense of right, wrong and destiny – particularly his.

Even as a young student, whenever he joined a group, be it the glee club or the baseball team, he gravitated toward the mechanics of “club,” drafting its constitution and rules. As a professor of governmental studies, what today is called political science, it was the mechanics of governments that intrigued him the most.

By the time Wilson was elected President of the United States in 1912, he already had more than 30 years of political/governmental “cogitation” under his belt. He took office knowing exactly how he believed the…