Books by John A. Thompson

In A Sense of Power, John A. Thompson takes a long view of America's dramatic rise as a world power, from the late nineteenth century into the post-World War II era.

Most famous in Europe for his efforts to establish the League of Nations under US leadership at the end of World War I, Woodrow Wilson stands as one of America's most influential and visionary presidents. Seen by both admirers and critics as an idealist and a heroic martyr to the cause of internationalism, John Thompson takes a different view.

This book examines the confrontation between the American reform tradition and the first of the world conflicts in which America was involved. It focuses on the writers and journals most associated with the 'progressive movement'. This account revises earlier views about both the attitudes of progressives towards the war and the decline of the 'progressive movement'.