Monday, July 19, 2004
HISTORY IN A BOX
From Paris 1919:
During Wilson's presidency, the United States intervened repeatedly in Mexico to get the sort of government it wanted. ...He was taken aback when the Mexicans failed to see the landing of American troops, and American threats, in the same light.
The Mexican adventure also showed Wilson's propensity, perhaps unconscious, to ignore the truth. When he sent troops to Mexico for the first time, he told Congress that it was in response to repeated provocations and insults to the United States and its citizens from General Victoriano Huerta, the man who started the Mexican revolution. Huerta in fact had taken great care to avoid provocations. (9-10)
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Next Lesson: The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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From Paris 1919:
During Wilson's presidency, the United States intervened repeatedly in Mexico to get the sort of government it wanted. ...He was taken aback when the Mexicans failed to see the landing of American troops, and American threats, in the same light.
The Mexican adventure also showed Wilson's propensity, perhaps unconscious, to ignore the truth. When he sent troops to Mexico for the first time, he told Congress that it was in response to repeated provocations and insults to the United States and its citizens from General Victoriano Huerta, the man who started the Mexican revolution. Huerta in fact had taken great care to avoid provocations. (9-10)
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Next Lesson: The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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