Discuss the nature and importance of Wilson’s 14 points.
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World War I: The Fourteen Points
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Woodrow Wilson. Photograph Courtesy of the Library Congress
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byKennedy Hickman
Updated July 02, 2018
The Fourteen Points were a set of diplomatic principles developed by the administration of President Woodrow Wilson during World War I. These were intended as a statement of American war aims as well as to provide a path to peace. Highly progressive, the Fourteen Points were generally well received when announced in January 1918 but some doubt existed as to whether they could be implemented in a practical sense. That November, Germany approached the Allies for a peace based on Wilson's ideas and an armistice was granted.
In the Paris Peace Conference that followed, many of the points were set aside as the need for reparations, imperial competition, and a desire for revenge on Germany took precedence.
Background
In April 1917, the United States entered