Woodrow Wilson: The Decider

For Woodrow Wilson, the Great War was a chance for America to become a global citizen. More

For President Woodrow Wilson, the Great War was a crusade “to make the world safe for democracy” — a chance to transform the international order in America’s image. “No one had articulated a kind of vision of America as a global citizen,” says filmmaker Stephen Ives. But at the close of the war, Wilson’s arrogance and inflexibility ultimately undermined his own lofty goals.

AIR DATE 4/10/17