Résumé
Wilson, the U.S. Senate and the Treaty of Versailles.
What U.S. traditions, apparent lessons of history, contemporary crises, or other factors account for Woodrow Wilson's failure to win Senate ratification of the Treaty of Versailles?
Contents:
Introduction
I) The factors that were external to U.S. politics and history
A. The tensions between the victors at the Paris Peace Conference
B. The global international context and the weaknesses of the treaty itself
II) The factors that were internal to the United States
A. Former traditional foreign policy principles: Exceptionalism and Unilateralism
B. U.S. political life and Wilson's personal views
Conclusion