Title: On the Whole Dissapointing for a President Often Cited as Near Great
Product review: I can't say I thought this was a bad book, I just can't help but think that the life story of a President, often cited as one of the top ten or "near great" in American history can only merit 138 pages. Wilson was also one of the most complex men who ever held the office yet very little is devoted to any of this. Rather we are given almost a superficial version of his life that are less then what Cliff Notes may provide.Very little information is shown on his first term and while the majority of the book is focused on World War One, we see very little on the tremendous social changes that took place during Wilson's term (prohibition, woman's right to vote) and how Wilson thought of them. Very little attention is paid to how Wilson destroyed the last vestige of equality by re-segregating the U.S. Government and basically barring African-American's from any Government protection.Very lite reading but sadly not very filling.
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