Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points For Peace

World War One had drawn to a close. Victory was in favor of the Allied Powers and Wilson had drawn up a plan for peace. He took his plan, the Fourteen Points, to the Paris Peace Conference. The countries that fought in the war were in shambles and needed to be fixed. Wilson was hopeful that the Allied leaders would put his diplomatic proposal in place to make the world totally safe for democracy. Thus, Wilson’s Fourteen Points addressed the war’s issues, was met with opposition, and was overall viable. Before the Great War started, many governments were ruled by oppressive leaders, powerful militaries posed as a threat to smaller, weaker countries, colonies were calling for self-rule, and alliances were mobilizing for war. The Fourteen Points were drawn up to fix these issues for the future. First, they addressed militarism on a global scale by the use of a reduction of arms. Second, the points took charge of the issues with the alliances by the breaking up of any secret covenants. Thirdly, they addressed the issues with nationalism, suggesting that the borderlines of the countries be drawn up by ethnic group. The Fourteen Points also called for

In order to have a lasting peace, the fourteenth point, the League of Nations, would address the causes of the war and would help prevent any future wars and any future tensions from exploding into violence. This could prevent the forming of the things that caused the war. Countries could gain their lands back (such as France, Belgium, and Russia) and the indigenous peoples could have a sense of self-determination for themselves (especially in the Balkans). Had all the Fourteen Points been added and not changed, the Allies may have avoided another war with the Germans and their aggressors. Overall, the Fourteen Points was a completely logical and relevant plan and Wilson had good, diplomatic reasons to bring it up at the