On April 2, 1917, Woodrow Wilson became only the fourth president to ask Congress for a declaration of war. The others were James Madison, James K. Polk, and William McKinley. Those three wars ...

101 years ago, Woodrow Wilson urged Congress to declare war on Germany. His speech serves as a model of presidential integrity.

This week is the 100th anniversary of President Woodrow Wilson’s speech to Congress seeking a declaration of war against Germany. Many people celebrate this centenary of America’s emergence as ...

On April 2, 2017, Americans will pause to remember the centenary of President Woodrow Wilson’s stirring message to Congress, asking for a declaration of war on Germany. “We have no selfish ...

Carl von Clausewitz, On War. On April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson gave the most important speech of of his political career. He began his war message to Congress with an extraordinary admission.

President Roosevelt delivers his ‘Day of Infamy’ speech to Congress on December 8, 1941. Via Wikimedia Commons. Mr. Beito notes Roosevelt’s “unquestioning support for Woodrow Wilson’s crackdown on ...

Jan. 8 will be 100 years since President Wilson’s response to this new responsibility with the delivery of his “Fourteen Points” speech before a joint session of Congress. The 1918 speech was a ...

Mark Atwood Lawrence teaches history at the University of Texas at Austin. His latest book is ''The Vietnam War: A Concise International History.'' Updated April 24, 2015, 10:29 AM At first blush ...

Thomas Woodrow Wilson was born in Staunton on December 28, ... For his work at the end of the war and for designing the League of Nations, he was awarded a Nobel Prize for Peace in 1919.

101 years ago, Woodrow Wilson urged Congress to declare war on Germany. His speech serves as a model of presidential integrity.