How successful was Woodrow Wilson in achieving his aims in foreign policy in the years 1912 to 1920?
How successful was Woodrow Wilson in achieving his aims in foreign policy in the years 1912 to 1920?
Democrat Woodrow Wilson was elected as president after Republican William Howard Taft who favoured interventionist foreign policy in 1912. The aims of Wilson in tackling foreign affairs were to maintain isolationism by peaceful and ethical approaches, which were achieved almost successfully until the American intervention into the World War One in 1917.
One of Wilson’s success in keeping isolationism in his early years of presidency was to repudiate his predecessors’ Dollar Diplomacy, which called for American investments in Latin America and the Caribbean. Instead, Wilson promoted democracy as the priority in private investments. As for China, Wilson gave diplomatic recognition to the new regime.
Wilson was strongly opposed to entry the World War One in the beginning and announced to keep neutrality. The attitude was supported by the majority of Americans particularly the Mid-West as the American people did not want war anymore. The emerging of anti-imperialist ideas referred wars were morally unacceptable, and anti-colonial ideas against British colonial rule contributed to the neutrality.
However, it was impossible to stay out of the ongoing war for Wilson. The America’s interests in Britain and France were threatened as huge businesses bounded many immigrants in the US. The sinking of Lusitania and the interception of Zimmermann telegram proved that the intervention was inevitable. The American intervention completely changed the war and established the world’s leading rule of America. Also, Wilson succeeded in fighting for democracy and freedom, and spreading his ideologies into the world. The age of empire, meanwhile, came to an end.
After the Germany surrendered, Wilson’s failures began. His first action for the post-war peace settlement was to issue the fourteen-point plan in 1918, based on the principles of self-determination and
Democrat Woodrow Wilson was elected as president after Republican William Howard Taft who favoured interventionist foreign policy in 1912. The aims of Wilson in tackling foreign affairs were to maintain isolationism by peaceful and ethical approaches, which were achieved almost successfully until the American intervention into the World War One in 1917.
One of Wilson’s success in keeping isolationism in his early years of presidency was to repudiate his predecessors’ Dollar Diplomacy, which called for American investments in Latin America and the Caribbean. Instead, Wilson promoted democracy as the priority in private investments. As for China, Wilson gave diplomatic recognition to the new regime.
Wilson was strongly opposed to entry the World War One in the beginning and announced to keep neutrality. The attitude was supported by the majority of Americans particularly the Mid-West as the American people did not want war anymore. The emerging of anti-imperialist ideas referred wars were morally unacceptable, and anti-colonial ideas against British colonial rule contributed to the neutrality.
However, it was impossible to stay out of the ongoing war for Wilson. The America’s interests in Britain and France were threatened as huge businesses bounded many immigrants in the US. The sinking of Lusitania and the interception of Zimmermann telegram proved that the intervention was inevitable. The American intervention completely changed the war and established the world’s leading rule of America. Also, Wilson succeeded in fighting for democracy and freedom, and spreading his ideologies into the world. The age of empire, meanwhile, came to an end.
After the Germany surrendered, Wilson’s failures began. His first action for the post-war peace settlement was to issue the fourteen-point plan in 1918, based on the principles of self-determination and