Event Title
Woodrow Wilson's Personality and His Struggles Over the League of Nations
Presentation Type
Poster/Portfolio
Presenter Major(s)
Writing
Mentor Information
Thomas Walker
Department
Political Science
Location
Henry Hall Atrium 29
Start Date
11-4-2012 9:00 AM
Abstract
There is nothing but insufficient insights into Woodrow Wilson's personality and the role it played in the fight for the League of Nations. Therefore it is important to further examine Wilson's participation in the Versailles conference as well as his battle with the Senate over ratification of the treaty. Woodrow Wilson refused to compromise even when his ultimate goal would suffer as a result. In the fight for the League, WIlson's first choice would have been to have the League ratified without reservations. Rather than compromising when his first option was unavailable, Wilson's stubborn personality led him to jump to the least desirable choice. In their psychobiography of Wilson, Freud and Bullitt explain these actions as the result of Wilson's repressed hostility toward his father. Other work on the issue is equally lacking in empiricism. This work attempts to rectify the lack of empiricism by using accepted psychological theory to explain Wilson's behavior.
Woodrow Wilson's Personality and His Struggles Over the League of Nations
Henry Hall Atrium 29
There is nothing but insufficient insights into Woodrow Wilson's personality and the role it played in the fight for the League of Nations. Therefore it is important to further examine Wilson's participation in the Versailles conference as well as his battle with the Senate over ratification of the treaty. Woodrow Wilson refused to compromise even when his ultimate goal would suffer as a result. In the fight for the League, WIlson's first choice would have been to have the League ratified without reservations. Rather than compromising when his first option was unavailable, Wilson's stubborn personality led him to jump to the least desirable choice. In their psychobiography of Wilson, Freud and Bullitt explain these actions as the result of Wilson's repressed hostility toward his father. Other work on the issue is equally lacking in empiricism. This work attempts to rectify the lack of empiricism by using accepted psychological theory to explain Wilson's behavior.