“Wilson won re-election in 1916, his campaign running on the slogan, 'He kept us out of war.' But he could then betray his anti-war supporters knowing that a rising political coalition - made up, in part, of men looking to redeem a lost war by finding new wars to fight - had his back.”

American historian and author

Greg Grandin is an American historian and author, and a professor of history at Yale University. He has taught at Yale and previously taught at New York University. His work is known for historical writing and analysis shaped by his academic career. He teaches history and has written widely enough to be associated with 76 quotes on this site.