Wilson's Fourteen Points: The Blueprint for World Peace That Failed
A map redrawn by speech. Wilson's radical proposal wasn't just diplomacy—it was a blueprint for global peace that would make European monarchs squirm. Fourteen precise ideas about national self-determination, free trade, and international cooperation. And none of the old imperial land-grabbing. He imagined a world governed by dialogue, not gunpowder. But the French and British diplomats? They were listening with very different ears.
January 8, 1918
108 years ago
Key Figures & Places
Woodrow Wilson
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Fourteen Points
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World War I
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United States Congress
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Ottoman Empire
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Woodrow Wilson
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Fourteen Points
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League of Nations
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Gallipoli campaign
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Bataille de Crouy
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Droit des peuples à disposer d'eux-mêmes
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