Holding the Center: The Domestic Origins of Wilsonianism - Erez Manela

The ideas and convictions that Woodrow Wilson brought with him to the peace negotiations in Paris played a central role in shaping the peace settlement and they continue to shape our world today. But how were those ideas and convictions themselves shaped? In this lecture, Manela argues that they emerged from Wilson’s experience in US domestic politics and especially from his analysis of the dangers posed to stability and democracy by the technological, economic and social transformations of the age. Lecture given as part of The National WWI Museum and Memorial's 2019 Symposium '1919: Peace?' For more information about the National WWI Museum and Memorial visit http://theworldwar.org