Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

  • American Legends: The Life of Woodrow Wilson

  • By: Charles River Editors
  • Narrated by: Bill Hare
  • Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)
Offer ends May 1st, 2024 11:59PM GMT. Terms and conditions apply.
£7.99/month after 3 months. Renews automatically.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
American Legends: The Life of Woodrow Wilson cover art

American Legends: The Life of Woodrow Wilson

By: Charles River Editors
Narrated by: Bill Hare
Get this deal Try for £0.00

Pay £99p/month. After 3 months pay £7.99/month. Renews automatically. See terms for eligibility.

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £6.39

Buy Now for £6.39

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Listeners also enjoyed...

British Legends: The Life and Legacy of Margaret Thatcher cover art
The American Political Tradition cover art
Washington's Farewell cover art
Historical Biographies of Presidents - Books 1 and 2 cover art
Otto von Bismarck: The Life and Legacy of the German Empire's First Chancellor cover art
Franklin Roosevelt cover art
The Locomotive of War cover art
Churchill and Roosevelt cover art
Martin Van Buren cover art
George Washington: A Life from Beginning to End cover art
The Birth of Modern Politics cover art
John Quincy Adams cover art
Lion in the White House cover art
The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers cover art
Henry Clay cover art
The Last Best Hope cover art

Summary

Includes Wilson's Fourteen Points, inaugural addresses, and his war message to Congress for World War I.

As one of the most influential men of the 20th century, there is no shortage of adjectives to use when describing Woodrow Wilson's two terms as president of the United States. Wilson was a pioneer of the Progressive movement both before and during his presidency, becoming a populist champion a generation before Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. He ran for reelection by touting his neutrality during World War I, only to lead his nation into the war and become the architect of a world body that would lead to greater inter-connection among nations. Today Wilson is best remembered for his Fourteen Points, one of the most forceful arguments for an idealistic foreign policy in American history, and his fight for the League of Nations, which set the model for today's United Nations.

Wilson's presidency was monumentally consequential, but it is not without its critics, nor is the man himself. Even as Wilson has come to be viewed as one of America's greatest presidents, perception of Wilson and his administration as racist have also taken hold. Despite being one of the early 20th century's most forceful proponents of a globalized foreign policy, Wilson's personal views and comments were ardently anti-immigration, and Wilson's administration entrenched and expanded segregation in the federal government.

©2014 Charles River Editors (P)2017 Charles River Editors

What listeners say about American Legends: The Life of Woodrow Wilson

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    1
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    1
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Performance
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    2
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    1
  • 4 Stars
    1
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Too short

A synopsis really, needs far greater depth. Doesn't give much insight into interactions, just the outcomes.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!