I heard recently that Lowell Thomas was sent to Europe by Woodrow Wilson to find and report on a story that would catch the US public's imagination and make them want to enter World War I. Thomas found trench warfare boring. When he heard about what was happening in Arabia, he went there, found T. E. Lawrence working with the Arabians, and popularized (or, more aptly, sensationalized) him as "Lawrence of Arabia". But did Thomas succeed in his mission of enticing Americans to support entry into World War I?
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I heard recently that Lowell Thomas was sent to Europe by Woodrow Wilson to find and report on a story that would catch the US public's imagination and make them want to enter World War I
In the latter part of 1916 and into 1917, Wilson restricted British access to loans in the United States, placed diplomatic pressure on the British to relax their blockade or at least make it more bearable for neutrals, and made calls for as well as offered to broker, peace between the belligerents. This is hardly the picture of a president eager to enter a costly World War.
But did Thomas succeed in his mission of enticing Americans to support entry into World War I?
Unlikely, considering it was unrestricted submarine warfare, and then the revelation of the Zimmerman Telegram, that actually led to American involvement.