Woodrow Wilson’s Faith in War

Tags: U.S. History, War and Foreign Policy, World History

11/21/2014 Mises Wire Ryan McMaken

Malcolm D. Magee’s new book on Woodrow Wilson, What the World Should Be: Woodrow Wilson and the Crafting of a Faith-Based Foreign Policy, examines a much-neglected topic: the role of Wilson’s religion in his enthusiasm for war and his goal to “conquer, convert, and change the nations.”

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