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a statement of the war aims of the Allies, made by US President Wilson on 8 January 1918.


Fourteen Points

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
formulation of a peace program, presented at the end of World War I by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in an address before both houses of Congress on Jan. 8, 1918. The message, though intensely idealistic in tone and primarily a peace program, had certain very practical uses as an instrument for propaganda. It was intended to reach the people and the liberal leaders of the Central Powers as a seductive appeal for peace, in which purpose it was successful. It was intended also to make it plain to the Allies that the United States would not be a party to a selfish peace, and it was planned to appeal for the support of the liberal elements in Allied countries in achieving an unselfish settlement. It was intended to stimulate moral fervor at home. Finally it was hoped that the points would provide a framework for peace discussions. The message immediately gave Wilson the position of moral leadership of the Allies and furnished him with a tremendous diplomatic weapon as long as the war…
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From Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable
The 14 conditions laid down by President Woodrow Wilson as those on which the Allies were prepared to make peace with Germany on the conclusion of the First World War. He outlined them in a speech to Congress on 8 January 1918, and they were eventually accepted as the basis for the peace. They were: …
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From The Great American History Fact-Finder
Guidelines for peace proposed to Congress by Woodrow Wilson at the end of World War I . The proposals included the abolition of secret alliances, freedom of the seas, a reduction of arms, self-determination for all countries and peoples, and the establishment of a League of Nations to promote world…
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From Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy
1918 Virtually the sole official war objective of the United States when it entered World War I was to defeat Germany. President Woodrow Wilson fleshed out the U.S. position in a January 8, 1918, address to Congress. The United States had declared war on Germany in April 1917. In this speech Wilson…
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From Encyclopedia of the American Presidency
On January 8, 1918, in an address to a joint session of Congress, President Woodrow Wilson enunciated his goals for the peace that would follow the inevitable defeat of the Central Powers in World War I. Wilson was an idealist, and these aims were based on his desire to make the world "safe for…
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Full text Article FOURTEEN POINTS

From The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Military and Diplomatic History
Woodrow Wilson's address to a joint session of Congress on 8 January 1918 was the most significant of his presidency and among the most important foreign-policy pronouncements in American history. Dubbed the “Fourteen Points”—reflecting Wilson's enumeration of the elements that he thought critical…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
The terms proposed by President Wilson of the USA in his address to Congress of 8 January 1918, as a basis for the settlement of World War I . The creation of the League of Nations was one of the points. The terms included: open diplomacy; freedom of the seas; removal of trade barriers; …
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Outline of proposals by Pres. Woodrow Wilson for a post–World War I peace settlement, given in an address in January 1918. The emphasis on “open covenants of peace, openly arrived at” was proposed to change the usual method of secret diplomacy practiced in Europe. Other points outlined territorial…
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From The Reader's Companion to American History
President Woodrow Wilson listed Fourteen Points as World War I aims in an address to a joint session of Congress on January 8, 1918. The first five points announced general principles for a peace settlement: “Open covenants of peace, openly arrived at” should replace the secret diplomacy practiced…
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Full text Article Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points

From Milestone Documents in American History: Exploring the Primary Sources That Shaped America
Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points (National...
Author Woodrow Wilson Date 1918 Type Presidential/Executive; Speeches/Addresses Significance Outlined what President Wilson believed should be the basis of a peace agreement ending World War I, marking a turning point in world politics in which morality and law would replace self-interest and…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Woodrow Wilson, a scholar and former governor of New Jersey, was US president in 1914 when World War I erupted in Europe. Despite his early efforts to keep the USA out of the war, German submarine warfare on US vessels made neutrality impossible. Prior to American entry into the war in 1917, Wilson…
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