Woodrow Wilson
Books
- Eighteen Minutes The Sinking of the Lusitania and the Eighteen Minutes That Changed the World · Liszt Think
On May 7, 1915, a single torpedo from U-20 struck the Lusitania off the Old Head of Kinsale.
- The First Cables to Washington…nt where the press had already established the terms of the debate. The President himself occupied an ambiguous position in this landscape. Woodrow Wilson had been informed of the sinking on the evening of 7 May, while Page’s first cables were still crossing the Atlantic. His initial response,…
- The First Note from Washington…ing since the day of the sinking that the United States must demand an explanation from Berlin. The second revision had come from President Woodrow Wilson himself, who had taken Lansing’s draft and sharpened its language, giving it the force of a moral argument rather than a legal brief. The t…
- The German Reply…e eastward. Arriving at the State Department in late June 1915, it was decoded, translated, and placed before Secretary Bryan and President Woodrow Wilson. Bryan had weakened during the drafting of the second note. Softer language had been his proposal. He had suggested that the United States…