Woodrow Wilson

COMMENTARY

History Thursday: Iran, Woodrow Wilson and making the world safe for democracy

BY: - January 9, 2020

The recent violence with Iran got me thinking about Woodrow Wilson. More than 100 years of American foreign policy has hinged on a concept Wilson introduced as he went before a joint session of Congress on April 2, 1917 to seek a Declaration of War against Germany. “The world must be made safe for democracy,” […]