President Wilson war aim : was idealistic or realistic?

Question

the fourteen points

Answer 1

Very idealistic.

He somehow thought that all those nations could agree to all of those terms? Each nation had its own interests to hold onto, and each one wanted to get something out of the war.

He was expecting everyone to suddenly not act like themselves or normal people and accept a solution that didn't give much of anything to anyone, after years of war.

If you want to know how idealistic it was, look at the fact the US itself didn't even support some of his ideas.

Answer 2

His plan was ingenious but idealistic.

When wilson wrote the 14 points he was thinking about the common good but all of the other nations wanted to make Germany pay after WWI. The European nations and especially France wanted revenge for the death and agony that was caused by World War I.

Instead the Treaty of Versailles was levied upon Germany which forced them to completely accept all responsibility for the war as well as issuing an extreme amount of war reperations that Germany had to pay.

In Wilson's treaty Germany would not be treated so harshly for going to war and reperations would be easier. Because the terms in the Versailles treaty that brought Germany to their knees and the reperations that they had to pay made the German people embittered and this allowed Hitler to use their hatred and gain power.

To think if we only listened to Wilson World War II might not have happened.

Answer 3

Very Idealistic
The plan was good but he was not able to push it through. I felt he should have gained more support from the Europeans before he entered US troops to the conflict.