President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points / Great Neck Publishing.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Great Neck Publishing, author, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.

Wilson, Woodrow.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Great Neck Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

The article presents the text of a 1918 speech by United States President Woodrow Wilson in which he outlined fourteen points he believed would put those involved in World War I on the road to lasting peace. Wilson's first point urges for open peace treaties and no private international understandings; diplomacy should be frank and within the public view. Second, he urges freedom of navigation on the sees outside territorial waters. Third, he urges the removal of all economic barriers and equal trade conditions among all nations. In his fourth point, Wilson asks for national disarmaments to the lowest point consistent with domestic safety. Fifth, Wilson asks for an impartial adjustment of all colonial claims in such a way that the populations concerned have equal weight with the equitable claims of the government whose title is to be determined. Points six through thirteen concern Russia, Belgium, France, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Romania, Turkey, and Poland, respectively. The fourteenth point calls for a general association of nations formed under covenants for the purpose of guaranteeing political independence and territorial integrity of all nations.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Great Neck Publishing, viewed March 10, 2023).