Woodrow Wilson and the Politics of Morality
by John Morton Blum
As a political science student, I read this book for research during my senior thesis. The topic of my thesis was comparing certain presidents, including Wilson, to Plato’s ideals and morals in The Republic. As obvious by the title, this book gave me quite a bit of material.
While John Morton Blum is obviously a Wilson fan, I can’t really fault him. If you’re going to spend years of your life writing a tribute to a single individual, isn’t it expected to hold a great deal of passion for him? And for that matter, if you’re going to go out and read this book, you’d probably already be a Wilson fan, wouldn’t you? Blum’s bias didn’t really bother me, since I was able to sift through the praise, recognize the facts, and gather material for my research.
This is a very typical political biography. It’s pretty dry and straightforward, so you’d better have a strong love of politics, and President Wilson in particular, if you’re going to chew on this one. The good news is it’s not too long, so it won’t really take you too long to get through.
While John Morton Blum is obviously a Wilson fan, I can’t really fault him. If you’re going to spend years of your life writing a tribute to a single individual, isn’t it expected to hold a great deal of passion for him? And for that matter, if you’re going to go out and read this book, you’d probably already be a Wilson fan, wouldn’t you? Blum’s bias didn’t really bother me, since I was able to sift through the praise, recognize the facts, and gather material for my research.
This is a very typical political biography. It’s pretty dry and straightforward, so you’d better have a strong love of politics, and President Wilson in particular, if you’re going to chew on this one. The good news is it’s not too long, so it won’t really take you too long to get through.