Blum, John Morton

A biography of the man who led the United States during World War I, and who tried unsuccessfully to get the United States to join the League of Nations.

Examines the ways in which American culture and politics on the home front affected the course of World War II, discussing the selling of the war, the creation of the GI hero, the benefits of the wartime economy, attitudes toward immigrants, and other topics.

Discusses the history and reassesses the benefits and liabilities of the progressive presidential traditions of Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon B. Johnson.