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

That October, Vladimir Lenincommunist revolutionary and advocate for class war and dictatorship of the proletariatwould overthrow Russias earlier democratic revolution that had toppled the powerful czar, all in the name of liberating humanityand instead would set up the most repressive totalitarian regime in history, the Soviet Union.

In this incisive, fast-paced history, theNew York Timesbestselling author Arthur Herman brilliantly reveals how Lenin and Wilson rewrote the rules of modern geopolitics. Prior to and through the end of World War I, countries marched into war only to advance or protect their national interests. After World War I, countries began going to war over ideas. Together Lenin and Wilson unleashed the disruptive ideologies that would sweep the world, from nationalism and globalism to Communism and terrorism, and that continue to shape our world today. Written by Arthur Herman, PhD.Paperback;768 pages.

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