have of wilson the ridge id idealist comes from when he returns home and he refused to compromisete sareesand as you say, the best we can tell, americans supported the league. it wasn't that americans were isolationist in 1918, 1919. they supported america's role in the world. and it was a question of how to define that, what that role would be. so, you know, one of the continuing debates in american foreign relations history is the question of should wilson have compromised with lodge, and of course once, you know, he's stricken, obviously that has a re real impact on him physically and psychologically and he becomes even more intransigent. but even before then, he shows every sign of not wanting to compromise at all. in fact, he shows a lot of contempt for his domestic adversarie adversaries. and of course this increases their contempt for him in turn. so how, how, how should we explain this. and should we be, should we be very critical? i mean, could we have had a constructive american role in the world if wilson had been willing to make some compromise? >> my own view is you could. and