Compare the strategies of President Woodrow Wilson during and following World War I and President Franklin Roosevelt during and after World War II. How did each president’s personal philosophies influence their decision-making? What institutions developed as a result of each president’s efforts, and how did their actions affect the position of the United States in the international system?
What will be an ideal response?
Answers should address Wilson’s attempt to keep the United States neutral and, when that failed, how he looked for moral missions/justifications for intervention. Answers should also identify the influence of morality on the post–WWI efforts, including Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” speech, the League of Nations, and the Kellogg-Briand pact. Answers should address FDR’s desire to get involved in WWII (and the obstacle posed by the American public) and how he avoided making moral connections to the war effort, focusing instead on threats to national security. Answers may also address how following WWII the experiences of the League of Nations served as a basis for the establishment of the United Nations.
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