1. Woodrow Wilson
He never could read easily, but developed a strong power of concentration and a near-photographic memory. ... In Asia the United States lacked strength to do much, but in the Western Hemisphere it had the power to act; and so in Mexico, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and elsewhere around the Caribbean basin it did. ... Wilson dismissed traditional American political isolationism, making America a world power, citizens of the world.4 Most people did agree that the nations increasing economic and military power obligated and permitted it to play a larger political role in the world. ...
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