Martin Rubin writes in The Washington Times that Berg "succeeds magnificently in elucidating Woodrow Wilson the man" but "as I read on, I felt increasingly that the further Mr. Berg moved from Wilson himself into the wider world, the less satisfying his portrait." Stephen Loosley writes in The Australian that "at times Berg's obvious affection for his subject causes him to be a little too generous." Jeff Shesol agrees, arguing that "Berg is simply too enamored of Wilson to provide a balanced appraisal."
