# President Wilson — Now It Can Be Told character guide

> President Wilson in Now It Can Be Told by Philip Gibbs.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

US President during the war.

## In the story

### [Part VII: The Fields of Armageddon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/part-vii-the-fields-of-armageddon)

President Wilson is referenced in the context of the American entry into the war and its impact on German hopes.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/i)

Implied through the reference to the United States being forced into war by German arrogance.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/vi)

Wilson's Fourteen Points and League of Nations are praised, but his ideals are later undermined in the peace terms.

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