Woodrow Wilson

As the war went on, by accounts such as this one, France and England seemed to be on the losing side of the war. The United States had not been involved simply because it was not our fight. Wilson would come to see that U.S. involvement in the war was necessary in order to make the world safe for freedom and independence. This would turn the tide of the war for Allied forces. This account seems to be stated as a typical account of the unrelenting aggression the Germans were capable of.
             Upon US entry into the war, President Wilson was to make an address to Congress on January 8, 1918 that is know as The Fourteen Points. The statement addressed specific aims and goals of U.S. involvement in the war. The Fourteen Points outlined these tasks in a clear manner that culminates to one goal: freedom of equality for all nations of the world. Some points were directed specifically at righting the wrongs that were done as a result of the war, such as the occupation and restoration of France. Some points were directed towards nation building, such as the establishment of Poland in number thirteen. However, many points were directed towards establishing "covenants of justice and law and fair dealing". The point that is the most well known for this is the last, which was the founding of the League of Nations. The League of Nations was the forefather of today's United Nations. The Fourteen Points was an unprecedented politically idealistic view towards peace in the modern world. It would put forth ideas that would eventually come to be standards in diplomacy, such as the first point, in which open, public diplomatic negotiations are stated as necessary for maintaining peace. Some would see the campaign put forth by Wilson as a failure in establishing its goals. Others, in retrospect, saw The Fourteen Points in a different light. .
             Although the Treaty of Versailles was seen as mostly unsuccessful, historian Arthur Walworth was of the opinion that Wilson's goals, for the most part, were successful.