This volume presents a crowded story. When Wilson entered the White House, China and Japan were on the agenda, revolution was flaming in Mexico, and Europe was on the verge of war. With the outbreak of war in 1914, the struggle for neutrality and preparedness began. The book includes lively portraits of a young FDR, a great Bryan, a grand old Admiral Dewey, and inexplicable Lodge, and a memorable Edison.
Originally published in 1944.
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Josephus Daniels (May 18, 1862 - January 15, 1948) was a newspaper editor and publisher from North Carolina who was appointed by United States President Woodrow Wilson to serve as Secretary of the Navy during World War I. He was a newspaper editor and publisher from the 1880s to his death; most famously at the Raleigh News and Observer.