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OverviewA close look at Woodrow Wilson's political thought and international diplomacy In 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 Full Product DetailsAuthor: Thomas Knock , Thomas KnockPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Edition: New edition ISBN: 9780691191614ISBN 10: 0691191611 Pages: 440 Publication Date: 19 March 2019 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsMonumental. . . . An enormously impressive work. -Charles Neu, Brown University Fresh analysis of Wilson, his times, and the evolution of his international position. . . . Sharp, succinct, and expert. -Kirkus Reviews This superbly researched study . . . demands that we see Wilson in a genuinely new framework, and succeeds admirably. -Gary J. Ostrower, American Historical Review An enlightening and valuable introduction to the birth of [a] noble vision. -Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Times Literary Supplement Fresh analysis of Wilson, his times, and the evolution of his international position. . . . Sharp, succinct, and expert. --Kirkus Reviews To End All Wars is the wisest and most provocative study of Woodrow Wilson to be published in the hellish century its subject was trying to save. This book's reissue in our own volatile century is not just welcome, but imperative. --Trygve Throntveit, author of Power without Victory: Woodrow Wilson and the American Internationalist Experiment A landmark when it was first published, To End All Wars remains one of the most important books in the field. There is no better time to reissue this classic than during the age of Trump, when the Wilsonian vision of progressive internationalism faces its most dire threat. --Andrew Preston, author of Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy Thomas Knock brings Woodrow Wilson, America's most misunderstood president, into the light and shows why he remains one of our greatest. Wilson was the first president to foresee a path to peace and no leader after him has yet found a better way. --Elizabeth Cobbs, author of American Umpire Monumental. . . . An enormously impressive work. --Charles Neu, Brown University This superbly researched study . . . demands that we see Wilson in a genuinely new framework, and succeeds admirably. --Gary J. Ostrower, American Historical Review An enlightening and valuable introduction to the birth of [a] noble vision. --Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Times Literary Supplement 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 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 A truly great book. It is simply superb in every way. --Senator George McGovern Now that humanity is possibly drawing closer to ... [a] `Federation of the World, ' To End All Wars is an enlightening and valuable introduction to the birth of that noble vision.---Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., The Times Literary Supplement [This book] challenges virtually every recent historian who has tackled the subject. Knock demands that we see Wilson in a genuinely new framework and succeeds admirably.---Gary J. Ostrower, The American Historical Review Winner of the Warren F. Kuehl Prize, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations 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 A truly great book. It is simply superb in every way. --Senator George McGovern 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 Now that humanity is possibly drawing closer to ... [a] `Federation of the World, ' To End All Wars is an enlightening and valuable introduction to the birth of that noble vision.---Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., The Times Literary Supplement [This book] challenges virtually every recent historian who has tackled the subject. Knock demands that we see Wilson in a genuinely new framework and succeeds admirably.---Gary J. Ostrower, The American Historical Review Winner of the Warren F. Kuehl Prize, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations Author InformationThomas J. Knock is Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor at Southern Methodist University. He is the author of The Rise of a Prairie Statesman and coauthor of The Crisis of American Foreign Policy (both Princeton). 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