Trygve Throntveit is Dean's Fellow for Civic Studies at the University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development. He is the author of William James and the Quest for an Ethical Republic.
"As America once again takes an isolationist and nationalist turn,
it is refreshing and instructive to turn back to Woodrow Wilson's
internationalist vision. Power without Victory delves beneath
popular stereotypes of Wilson, both good and bad, to offer a
sophisticated analysis of a pragmatic-progressive tradition in
American politics that is badly needed today."--Anne-Marie
Slaughter "president and CEO of New America and coauthor of The
Crisis of American Foreign Policy"
"In Power without Victory, Throntveit brilliantly illuminates the
rich intellectual terrain upon which Woodrow Wilson cast his
sweeping democratic vision of global order. Strikingly original,
the book reframes our understanding of Wilson and his hopes for
democratic renewal at home and peaceful change abroad. In this
narrative, Wilson is a man of his time, embracing a pragmatic
public philosophy and spirit of reform that ran through the
American and European progressive intellectual and political world.
Throntveit sees clearly Wilson's moral flaws and blind spots, but
he also finds in Wilson an earnest and grandly ambitious thinker
who truly did offer a vision of a transformed world in which
democracy and civil virtue would reign."--G. John Ikenberry "author
of Liberal Leviathan: The Origins, Crisis, and Transformation of
the American System"
"Wilsonianism has been studied intensively, but its philosophical
underpinnings have rarely been examined with the care found in
Power without Victory. Throntveit has written one of the most
judicious, careful, and thoughtful accounts of Woodrow Wilson's
international thought."--Andrew Preston "author of Sword of the
Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy"
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