1917: Lenin, Wilson, and the Birth of the New World Disorder

How did two men move the world away from wars for land and treasure to wars over ideas and ideologies-a change that would go on to kill millions?

In April 1917, Woodrow Wilson-champion of American democracy but also of segregation, advocate for free trade and a new world order based on freedom and justice-thrust the United States into the First World War in order to make the "world safe for democracy"-only to see his dreams for a liberal international system dissolve into chaos, bloodshed, a...