An Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove: the Principles that Defined the American Age
... turned into a powerful tool of soft power determining America’s moral leadership In 1918, President of the United States Woodrow Wilson presented a draft peace treaty to Congress aimed at putting an end to four years of bloodshed caused by the First ... ... offset by its devious nature, with its irresistible passion for destruction. Reinhold Niebuhr, one of the greatest critics of liberalism in international relations, would subsequently strengthen this thesis, pointing out that the depravity of the human ...