The U.S. president's consent to the Versailles Treaty did m… - Arthur Herman

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The U.S. president's consent to the Versailles Treaty did more to damage his reputation among his fellow liberals than anything else he did that crucial year. It also sowed the seeds for a bitterness among Germans that would ripen into the political movement that led to Adolf Hitler and World War II.

Arthur Herman

1917: Lenin, Wilson, and the Birth of the New World Disorder · November 28, 2017 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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