08743. WOODROW WILSON'S DIPLOMACY BY ORDEAL. An analysis of Wilson's role in the formulation of American foreign policy during and immediately after World War I. Considers both the orthodox interpretation offered by Harley Notter that Wilson sought to produce a radical reform of American foreign policy establish the America's hegemony in world politics and the "revisionist" view offered by Herbert hence subject to undue influence from his political counterparts. Argues that Wilson's idealistic pretensions and indecisive diplomacy served as formative factors in the subsequent and often tragic history of American interventionism. 10 pages, 22 footnotes in text, 20 bibliographic references.