Woodrow Wilson: A Biography

John Milton Cooper, Jr., is widely acknowledged as one of the world's preeminent Woodrow Wilson biographers. This thoroughly researched one-volume profile of America's 28th president is universally hailed for its scholarship and insight into the life and career of one of the nation's most polarizing leaders.

The New York Times - Beverly Gage

Woodrow Wilson, John Milton Cooper Jr.'s monumental new biography, seeks to revive Wilson for the 21st century—not simply to narrate a presidential life, but to explain why he deserves our national esteem…admiring and engaging work of presidential revisionism…Cooper presents a powerful, deeply researched and highly readable case for keeping Wilson in the top ranks of American presidents

John Milton Cooper, Jr., is professor of history at the University of Wisconsin. He is the author of Breaking the Heart of the World: Wilson and the Fight for the League of Nations and The Warrior and the Priest: Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt, among other books. He was recently a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin.