The Role Of The US In WWI (Wilson's 14 Points)
Role of the US in WWI (Wilson's 14 Points)
Liberal and attractive Woodrow Wilson’s program was designed based on the achievement of US leadership in the postwar world. The President was able to synthesize innovative ideas and proclaim their goal of foreign policy efforts of the country, giving his initiative a character of "divine revelation". By the end of the First World War USA became a major world power, and then President Wilson tried to use the new opportunities for fundamental changes in the world order. The results were contradictory (Esposito 153).
The formation of the postwar world order, especially the new order in Europe, is primarily connected with the figure of the twenty-eighth US President Thomas Woodrow Wilson. He had to rebuild …show more content…
Later, in December 1916, he called the Entente and German bloc to openly declare war aims. Both coalitions, however, believed in the possibility of a military victory and were not looking for compromise. Imposing itself as a peacemaker, Wilson, in practical politics demonstrated impartiality of US towards the participants of the global conflict, and strongly protested against both the oppression of American neutral trade by the British naval blockade and Germany's submarine warfare (submarine operations). And the president didn’t anticipated victory of any of the warring coalitions and inevitable predatory world of the "rightfully strong"; countries’ entente cordiale of 1915-1916, secret agreement on sharing postwar world, hardly took into account the interests of the United States (Esposito …show more content…
President proposes, in particular, the principles of non-interference in the internal affairs of other states, equality of nations, the creation of international organizations to solve international disputes. On January 22, 1917 Wilson delivered a speech "of a world without victory", the main idea of which was obvious: a celebration of one of the coalitions and predatory world will lead to the countries that lost the war feeling of hatred and desire for revenge, to make a new war inevitable. Maneuvering, Wilson in 1916 supported the increase in the Army and Navy ("reasonable willingness" to the war), and at the same time, continuing the policy of neutrality, has kept the reputation of a peacemaker (Kennedy
Liberal and attractive Woodrow Wilson’s program was designed based on the achievement of US leadership in the postwar world. The President was able to synthesize innovative ideas and proclaim their goal of foreign policy efforts of the country, giving his initiative a character of "divine revelation". By the end of the First World War USA became a major world power, and then President Wilson tried to use the new opportunities for fundamental changes in the world order. The results were contradictory (Esposito 153).
The formation of the postwar world order, especially the new order in Europe, is primarily connected with the figure of the twenty-eighth US President Thomas Woodrow Wilson. He had to rebuild …show more content…
Later, in December 1916, he called the Entente and German bloc to openly declare war aims. Both coalitions, however, believed in the possibility of a military victory and were not looking for compromise. Imposing itself as a peacemaker, Wilson, in practical politics demonstrated impartiality of US towards the participants of the global conflict, and strongly protested against both the oppression of American neutral trade by the British naval blockade and Germany's submarine warfare (submarine operations). And the president didn’t anticipated victory of any of the warring coalitions and inevitable predatory world of the "rightfully strong"; countries’ entente cordiale of 1915-1916, secret agreement on sharing postwar world, hardly took into account the interests of the United States (Esposito …show more content…
President proposes, in particular, the principles of non-interference in the internal affairs of other states, equality of nations, the creation of international organizations to solve international disputes. On January 22, 1917 Wilson delivered a speech "of a world without victory", the main idea of which was obvious: a celebration of one of the coalitions and predatory world will lead to the countries that lost the war feeling of hatred and desire for revenge, to make a new war inevitable. Maneuvering, Wilson in 1916 supported the increase in the Army and Navy ("reasonable willingness" to the war), and at the same time, continuing the policy of neutrality, has kept the reputation of a peacemaker (Kennedy