This chapter concentrates on the history of America during World War I. It opens with a definition of Woodrow Wilson's concept of a moral foreign policy through what he called "liberal internationalism." Promising to bring the Progressive agenda to the world, Wilson fell short and the war forced Americans to once again debate the true extent of liberty. Quickly looking at the foreign policies of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft, the chapter embarks on the road toward war. Wilson initially took the stance of neutrality, but when he was pushed into war his Fourteen Points outlined for the world his vision that this war should make the world safe for democracy. At home, the war was sold to the American public via the Committee on Public
