The Approaching Storm: Roosevelt, Wilson, Addams, and Their Clash Over America’s Future

by Neil Lanctot

Winner of the 2022 award for biography from the American Society of Journalists and Authors

The fascinating story of how the three most influential American progressives of the early twentieth century split over America’s response to World War I.

In the early years of the twentieth century, the most famous Americans on the national stage were Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Jane Addams: two presidents and a social worker. Each took a different path to prominence, yet the three progressives believed the United States must assume a more dynamic role in confronting the growing domestic and international problems of an exciting new age.

Interview with the Author

Free Library of Philadelphia
Neil Lanctot | The Approoaching Storm: Roosevelt, Wilson, Addams, and Their Clash Over America’s Future
3/30/22         57 min

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Axelbank Reports History and Today 
#79: Neil Lanctot – “The Approaching Storm”
3/15/22           58 min

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Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI Radio in New York
Dr. Neil Lanctot on The Approaching Storm
2/9/22          54 min

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Keen On 
Neil Lanctot on How and Why the United States Emerged Onto the World Stage
2/25/22            37 min

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Speaking of Writers 
Neil Lanctot – The Approaching Storm: Roosevelt, Wilson, Addams, and Their Clash Over America’s Future
4/17/22          14 min

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History Unplugged Podcast 
On the Eve of World War One, Woodrow Wilson, Teddy Roosevelt, and the Suffragette Jane Addams Sought to Prevent Armageddon
3/15/22           43 min

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The Gilded Age and Progressive Era 
The Approaching Storm
3/29/22           44 min

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The Realignment 
212 | Neil Lanctot: How the Legacy of World War I Shapes Our Response to Ukraine
3/11/22           57 min

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