Listen

Description

Richard Lummis and Tom Fox conclude a two-part series on leadership lessons from Woodrow Wilson. In this Part 2, we look at lessons from Wilson’s two terms as President, his illness and short post-Presidential life and early death. Highlights of this podcast include:
A.    New Freedom Agenda
1.     Tariff and Tax
2.     Federal Reserve
3.     Anti-Trust Legislation
4.     Labor and Agriculture
5.     Immigration (here we go again)
6.     Judicial Appointments
B.    Race relations and Wilson’s attempts at Segregation
C.     Foreign Policy-how did he “keep us out of war”

Re-Election in 1916

Move towards and declaration of War

D. Miscalculation by Germany and Wilson Response

14 Points

The Peace Conference

Ratification debate and Incapacity

Death

Leadership lessons

Resources
Ten Ways to Judge a President
Woodrow Wilson Quotes
Woodrow Wilson-a Failure in Leadership
How Woodrow Wilson Lost the Peace
Woodrow Wilson-Life Before the Presidency
13 Leadership Lessons from WWI
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices