The Historian, June 22nd, 1998
Edward M. House was one of President Woodrow Wilson's most important advisors, yet he behaved inconsistently. House claimed he had authority he did not have, accepted credit for acts not his, and projected experience in areas he did not understand. House's erroneous attribution of statements and behavior to Wilson undermined Wilson's credibility with foreign leaders and weakened Wilson's domestic initiatives. Woodrow Wilson, the twenty-eighth president of the United States, served during the tumultuous years from 1913 to 1921 that saw the buildup to the First World War, the war itself, includ...
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