Description
In this sweeping historical canvas, Thomas Fleming undertakes nothing less than a drastic revision of our experience in World War I. He reveals how the British and French duped Wilson into thinking the war was as good as won, and there would be no need to send an army overseas. He describes a harried president making speech after speech proclaiming America's ideals while supporting espionage and sedition acts that sent critics to federal prisons. And he gives a harrowing account of how the Allies did their utmost to turn the American Expeditionary Force into cannon fodder on the Western Front.Thoroughly researched and dramatically told, The Illusion of Victory offers compelling testimony to the power of a president's visionary ideals-as well as a starkly cautionary tale about the dangers of applying them in a war-maddened world.
Author: Thomas Fleming
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 05/01/2004
Pages: 576
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.75lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.18w x 1.47d
ISBN13: 9780465024698
ISBN10: 0465024696
BISAC Categories:
- History | Wars & Conflicts | World War I
- History | World | General
About the Author
Thomas Fleming, a distinguished historian and author of more than fifty books, was a frequent guest on PBS, A&E, and the History Channel. He also contributed articles to American Heritage, MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History, and many other magazines.