James D. Startt previously explored Woodrow Wilson s relationship with the press during his rise to political prominence. Now, Startt returns to continue the story, picking up with the outbreak of World War I in 1914 and tracing history through the Senate s ultimate rejection in 1920 of the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations. Woodrow Wilson, the Great War, and the Fourth Estate delves deeply into the president s evolving relations with the press and its influence on and importance to the events of the time. Startt navigates the complicated relationship that existed between one of the country s most controversial leaders and its increasingly ruthless corps of journalists. The portrait of Wilson that emerges here is one of complexity a skilled politician whose private nature and notorious grit often tarnished his rapport with the press, and an influential leader whose passionate vision just as often inspired journalists to his cause. -- Amazon.com.

The president and the press -- The war, the press, and propaganda -- Neutrality tested : 1915 -- National anxieties : 1915 -- Politics under the shadow of war : 1916 -- Peace and war in the balance : 1916-17 -- Managing the media in wartime -- Criticism on the home front -- Diplomatic realities : 1917 -- Wilson's peace initiative : 1918 -- The end of the war -- Interlude between war and peace -- At the summit -- Return to the summit -- Statesmanship in abeyance -- The end of the league debate -- Epilogue.