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- noun The policies of Woodrow Wilson
- noun The policies of Harold Wilson
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None the less it runs diametrically counter to the letter and the spirit of Wilsonianism, which is now seen to be a wall high enough to keep out the dwarf states, but which the giants can easily clear at a bound.
The Inside Story of the Peace Conference Emile Joseph Dillon 1894
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For Wilson did not think that what came to be known, and often derided, as "Wilsonianism" was just a policy selected from a palette of possible choices.
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For Wilson did not think that what came to be known, and often derided, as "Wilsonianism" was just a policy selected from a palette of possible choices.
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For Wilson did not think that what came to be known, and often derided, as "Wilsonianism" was just a policy selected from a palette of possible choices.
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"Wilsonianism" was and is the spirit of liberalism applied to international relations, and is based upon two propositions - that free markets, over time, tend to produce democracy, and that democracies tend to conduct peaceful foreign policies.
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Wilson's idealistic foreign policy, called "Wilsonianism" sought to end militarism as a force in world affairs, vigorously promote national self determination, create international bodies to head off serious disputes, and use American resources to promote democracy.
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Wilson's idealistic foreign policy, called "Wilsonianism" sought to end militarism as a force in world affairs, vigorously promote national self determination, create international bodies to head off serious disputes, and use American resources to promote democracy.
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That maxim, and the entire scheme of “Wilsonianism” that it is thought to represent, have often been derided as hopelessly idealistic.
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Wilsonianism was stillborn at the end of World War I, with consequences that spawned the Great Depression and the Second World War.
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Wilsonianism was stillborn at the end of World War I, with consequences that spawned the Great Depression and the Second World War.
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