John Milton Cooper Jr. Biography John Milton Cooper Jr. wrote widely on American diplomatic history. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. See Work Winter 1980 World War I: European Origins and American Intervention By John Milton Cooper Jr. Autumn 1977 Walter Hines Page: the Southerner As American By John Milton Cooper Jr. Winter 1986 Theodore Roosevelt: On Clio’s Active Service By John Milton Cooper Jr. Summer 1996 Great Expectations and Shadowlands: American Presidents and Their Reputations In the 20th Century By John Milton Cooper Jr. ESSAYS / Autumn 2000 The Shock of Recognition: the Impact of World War I on America By John Milton Cooper Jr. A few words are in order about this essay’s title. It is pilfered from that great American man of letters, Edmund Wilson, who used it for his collection of American writing, The Shock of Recognition. Winter 1982 Woodrow Wilson: the Academic Man By John Milton Cooper Jr. Winter 2003 The Great War and American Memory By John Milton Cooper Jr.