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Book SynopsisThroughout the First World War Woodrow Wilson considered Britain's ambitions in the war as objectionable as Germany's. He repeatedly expressed distrust of the British government's motives; for their part, the British chafed at Wilson's idealism and despised his aloofness from the Allies. Sir William Wiseman played an extraordinary part as the behin
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Acknowledgments, pg. v*Contents, pg. vii*Note on footnote citations, pg. ix*Chapter One. Introduction, pg. 1*Chapter Two. Wiseman and the Beginning of the War Partnership, pg. 8*Chapter Three. Dollars in Diplomacy, pg. 36*Chapter Four. Reading's Assignment, Wiseman's Accomplishment, pg. 61*Chapter Five. Attempts at Unity, pg. 96*Chapter Six. American Manpower: Source of Strength and Division, pg. 127*Chapter Seven. Intervention in Russia, pg. 164*Chapter Eight. The Approach of Peace, pg. 198*Chapter Nine. Envoy, pg. 236*Appendix: Wiseman on Wilson (from the Wiseman Papers), pg. 241*Annotated Bibliography, pg. 297*Index, pg. 329
