When The Cheering Stopped
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Minor denting to board edges and a name to the front endpaper, but the text block is clean throughout.
A landmark work of narrative history, When the Cheering Stopped chronicles the devastating final years of President Woodrow Wilson, tracing his catastrophic physical collapse and the quiet tragedy that consumed the White House in the aftermath of World War I. Gene Smith presents a deeply human portrait of a once-commanding leader rendered powerless by a severe stroke, and of Edith Wilson, who shielded her husband from the world and effectively managed the presidency in his stead. Written with the pacing and intimacy of a novel, the account uncovers the shocking degree to which a sitting president's incapacitation was concealed from the American public, Congress, and even members of his own cabinet. Smith illustrates how Wilson's unyielding refusal to compromise on the League of Nations — even as his health crumbled — sealed both his personal fate and the nation's retreat from internationalism. Poignant, meticulously researched, and quietly devastating in tone, this narrative stands as one of the most compelling examinations of power, pride, and decline in American political history.
Author: Gene Smith
Format: Hardback
Published: 1964, Hutchinson of London
Genre: American history
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Minor denting to board edges and a name to the front endpaper, but the text block is clean throughout.
A landmark work of narrative history, When the Cheering Stopped chronicles the devastating final years of President Woodrow Wilson, tracing his catastrophic physical collapse and the quiet tragedy that consumed the White House in the aftermath of World War I. Gene Smith presents a deeply human portrait of a once-commanding leader rendered powerless by a severe stroke, and of Edith Wilson, who shielded her husband from the world and effectively managed the presidency in his stead. Written with the pacing and intimacy of a novel, the account uncovers the shocking degree to which a sitting president's incapacitation was concealed from the American public, Congress, and even members of his own cabinet. Smith illustrates how Wilson's unyielding refusal to compromise on the League of Nations — even as his health crumbled — sealed both his personal fate and the nation's retreat from internationalism. Poignant, meticulously researched, and quietly devastating in tone, this narrative stands as one of the most compelling examinations of power, pride, and decline in American political history.