A close look at Woodrow Wilson's political thought and international diplomacyIn the widely acclaimed To End All Wars, Thomas Knock provides an intriguing, often provocative narrative of Woodrow Wilson's epic quest for a new world order. This book follows Wilson's thought and diplomacy from his policy toward revolutionary Mexico, through his dr
"Wilson, in his time and through his vocation, transformed the standard of legitimacy in government throughout the world. We are perhaps only beginning to see this and, with the help of Thomas Knock's important work, better understand it."--Senator Patrick Moynihan, author of On the Law of Nations
"A truly great book. It is simply superb in every way."--Senator George McGovern
"A superb, sympathetic account of the intellectual and political milieu surrounding Wilson's League of Nations."--Thomas G. Paterson, author of American Foreign Policy: A History
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Indeed, embers of interest in Wilson and his relevance have been glowing since the Cold War's end, and none more brightly than Thomas J. Knock's To End All Wars: Woodrow Wilson and the Quest for a New World Order, recently reissued with a new author's preface by Princeton University Press. . . . Thirty-odd years after its original conception and writing, To End All Wars has reemerged in historiographical and political landscapes that remain, in significant
and disappointing ways, largely unchanged since the early 1990s.
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---Trygve Throntveit, H-Diplo