The Myth of American Isolationism

most distinguished the crusading democratrnfrom his predecessors was the obsessivenessrnof his missionary New Testamentrnvision. Unhke earher Americanrnleaders, Wilson burned with democraticrnidealism. He attributed this quality tornothers fighting the "German militaristsrnand autocrats" and was afterwardsrnshocked to discover their cynical attitudesrnabout power.rnAccording to McDougall, Americanrnintervention on the side of the Allies . . .