From Neutrality to War: What the Russian Revolution Had to do with [Woodrow] Wilson's Decision to Enter the Great War

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dc.contributor.advisorDunn, Dennis J.
dc.contributor.advisorHindson, Theodore T.
dc.contributor.authorDelbosque, Marilyn Alicia
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-08T16:27:38Z
dc.date.available2012-02-24T10:10:44Z
dc.date.issued2009-05
dc.description.abstractMany books and scholarly articles have been devoted to the study of the United States entry into World War I. President Woodrow Wilson went before Congress on April 2, 1917, to ask for a declaration of war. The main reasons cited in the scholarly literature for this shift from neutrality to warfare are the Zimmermann Telegram incident and the German practice of unrestricted submarine warfare. While these factors are important, what is missing is an emphasis on the March 1917 Russian Revolution, which ended tsarist control in favor of a provisional democratic government. This event occurred just days before Wilson had decided to join the war. This thesis argues that not enough attention has been given to Russia's shift from a monarchy to a democracy and its effect on Wilson's decision to enter the war. To support this thesis, the author examines a representative sample of scholarly literature focusing on Wilson and World War I. This search reveals that scholars have tended to minimize the Russian Revolution in March as a factor in Wilson's decision to go to war. Then the author directly supports the Russian Revolution motivation as important in Wilson's decision-making by studying primary documents, including the writings of foreign ambassadors, of members of the Wilson cabinet, and of Woodrow Wilson himself.
dc.description.departmentHonors College
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dc.format.extent43 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationDelBosque, M. A. (2009). From neutrality to war: What the Russian Revolution had to do with [Woodrow] Wilson's decision to enter the Great War (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/3253
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectWilson, Woodrow
dc.subjectRussian revolution
dc.subjectWorld War 1
dc.subjectGreat War
dc.subjecthistory
dc.subjectdemocracy
dc.subjectHonors College
dc.titleFrom Neutrality to War: What the Russian Revolution Had to do with [Woodrow] Wilson's Decision to Enter the Great War
thesis.degree.departmentHonors College
thesis.degree.disciplineHistory
thesis.degree.grantorTexas State University-San Marcos
txstate.documenttypeHonors Thesis

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