Woodrow Wilson Wouldnt Yield by Thomas Bailey - Book Report/Review Example

To “end all wars”, Wilson felt that a League of Nations would police the world toward ideals of democracy (Bailey 109).  Wilson felt that the League of Nation’s point was the most important according to Bailey.  However, Wilson’s arrogance turned off a Republican majority Senate.  After falling ill, Democrats gave in and sided with the Republicans to kill the bill.           

Review:  Bailey did prove the thesis statement.  Bailey’s thesis statement was biased against Woodrow Wilson.  This bias took away from the article’s legitimacy.  Bailey used phrases like “a stern moral code that would tolerate no compromise with wrong, as defined by Woodrow Wilson” or “contempt for ‘money-grubbing’ lawyers…in the Senate“ (Bailey 106).  Wilson was inflexible in the League of Nations.  Bailey could have pointed out this inflexibility without using inflammatory remarks about Wilson and even Lodge.  Bailey did not know what Wilson or Lodge thought or felt.  These statements of “icy hatred” are inferences and not facts (Bailey 107).  Bailey should have stuck to more facts and left out personal feelings and opinions.