Benjamin R. Beede

When looking at the question of who in the Wilson administration knew what, and when, we can follow the thread through the narrative of Benjamin R. Beede:

“No longer content to manipulate Mexican events covertly, either through political intrigues, arms embargoes, arms sales, or U.S. army maneuvers on the border, the Wilson administration began developing contingency plans for war with Mexico in November 1913.  At a cabinet meeting in early January 1914, the Wilson administration officially embraced a policy of armed intervention in Mexico.