In the new context of the rise of United States as a world power, Woodrow Wilson seized the exceptional opportunity offered by American involvement in the First World War and wartime mobilization to reinterpret Americ...In the new context of the rise of United States as a world power, Woodrow Wilson seized the exceptional opportunity offered by American involvement in the First World War and wartime mobilization to reinterpret America＇s traditions and characteristics, contrasting the US with Germany, the ＂other.＂ He successfully transformed America＇s self-image and international role from the ＂model republic＂ and ＂example of freedom＂ of the nineteenth century to ＂champion of liberty＂ and ＂world leader.＂ Wilson＇s reshaping of the national identity not only facilitated wartime mobilization but also resolved America＇s identity crisis and its confusion about the role it was to play after it came on the world stage. In so doing, he identified the long-term direction of national policy for an America that had risen to be a world power. His creative interpretation of America＇s ideals, role and destiny guided his countrymen in their understanding of the meaning of their country＇s existence and its relations with the world and became the most influential foreign policy discourse of twentieth century America. This had a far-reaching influence on American foreign policy.展开更多
文摘In the new context of the rise of United States as a world power, Woodrow Wilson seized the exceptional opportunity offered by American involvement in the First World War and wartime mobilization to reinterpret America＇s traditions and characteristics, contrasting the US with Germany, the ＂other.＂ He successfully transformed America＇s self-image and international role from the ＂model republic＂ and ＂example of freedom＂ of the nineteenth century to ＂champion of liberty＂ and ＂world leader.＂ Wilson＇s reshaping of the national identity not only facilitated wartime mobilization but also resolved America＇s identity crisis and its confusion about the role it was to play after it came on the world stage. In so doing, he identified the long-term direction of national policy for an America that had risen to be a world power. His creative interpretation of America＇s ideals, role and destiny guided his countrymen in their understanding of the meaning of their country＇s existence and its relations with the world and became the most influential foreign policy discourse of twentieth century America. This had a far-reaching influence on American foreign policy.
