On the 8th day of January in the annum of 1918, President Wilson addressed his fellow congressmen and communicated the American aims for participation in war. His utmost ambitions were open accords, self determination and international peace & cooperation. It is this speech that became known as the “Fourteen Points” and its author was Walter Lippmann.
Factors Leading to the Writing of Wilson’s Fourteen (14) Points
Regarded as one of the greatest men of character of all times and categorized as one of the most supreme Presidents to have ever led the United States of America, Woodrow Wilson was a man who led from the front when all seemed to be spiraling downwards with regards to world peace. Woodrow Wilson was the man occupying the United States presidency when the First World War broke out and was wrecking havoc across the globe.
After having served as the President of the renowned Princeton University and serving the state of New York in the capacity of a Governor, Woodrow Wilson assumed presidency in the annum of 1913. Almost a year later, the First World War broke out. At first, it was perceived by the Americans as a war between the European nations and President Wilson, for the next 3 yrs, maintained his stance that the United States government would be more than willing to play the role of a mediator but would not be a participant in the war. For almost thirty six moths, he kept warding off the Republican onslaught that the administration should be racking up troop recruitment because he believed this move would provoke the enemy to come for his country.
But his enemies – specifically the Germans – proved to be adamant about dragging the United States into the war. To achieve this, they started bombarding U.S Naval cargo for no obvious reasons. The American President couldn’t sit back and just watch his countrymen being slaughtered like that and thus he declared the Americans’ entrance into the First World War.
