Question

President Wilson began his speech with an introduction that told about the situation at the end of the war and about what he thought was most important for the peace settlement. What did he think was most important?

Answer 1

One of Wilson’s purposes in delivering the Fourteen Points speech was to present a practical alternative to the traditional notion of an international balance of power preserved by alliances among nations—belief in the viability of which had been shattered by World War I—and to the Bolshevik-inspired dreams of world revolution that at the time were gaining ground both within and outside of Russia.