Wesley reisser is a senior foreign affairs officer at the state department, where he has worked mostly on middle eastern and european issues, human rights, and the united nations, including work on israelpalestinian negotiations, syria, ukraine, and iran. Wesley reisser is a member of the national council of the american. The inquiry produced a secret document, the black book, containing maps and plans for the territorial settlements to be negotiated. Woodrow wilsons secret plan for peace, explores bowmans role in the world war i peace settlements and the legacy of redrawing borders. It was treated as a confidential document and has not been widely used by peace treaty scholars. He attended local schools as a boy, and went on to graduate in 1911 from fisk university, a historically black college in nashville, tennessee. Reisser, wesley j subjects wilson, woodrow, 18561924 paris peace conference 19191920. View wesley reissers profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Many of the successes, and failures, from these peace settlements trace directly back to this remarkable, and heretofore, almost unstudied plan. His current grad seminar on political geography focuses on the nexus between maps and power throughout history, including an exploration on how maps were used in european conquest and in propaganda. Council members american geographical society since 1851. Prior to the end of world war i, president wilson gathered a group of expert geographers.
Reisser founded an eastern european dance group in dc called carpathia, and is the 2007 national geography bowl champion. The black book woodrow wilsons secret plan for peace. His second book, written with his brother colin, is energy resources. Woodrow wilsons secret plan for peace kindle edition by reisser, wesley j download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Woodrow wilsons secret plan for peace was published in april, 2012.
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It features excellent maps and focuses particularly on the work of the inquiry, a grouping of american academics set up by woodrow wilsons unofficial diplomatic advisor. From science to society, the first interdisciplinary textbook on global energy. He earned a masters degree from yale university in 19. Prior to the end of world war i, president wilson gathered a group of exper. Wesley j reisser prior to the end of world war i, president wilson gathered a group of expert geographers, historians, economists, and political scientists the inquiryto make plans for the coming peace conference. Woodrow wilsons secret plan for peace by reisser, wesley j.
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