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in 1918 the Western World lay bleeding and exhausted after the greatest catastrophe it had ever experienced. Four major Empires— Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey—had collapsed. Nations had been split and the former economic structures were in shreds. Yet World War One had settled nothing. The basic problems of Europe remained and had even been aggravated by the massive convulsion of conflict. Germany still felt encircled, France still felt threatened by Germany. World War One had been fought to make the world safe for democracy and for small nations, declared President Wilson. From the very start, the invasion of Serbia and Belgium had made small-state independence an inherent war issue. This independence issue became a major factor in the peacemaking process. Small nations were created from old Empires and given democratic rule. But they were flimsy, vulnerable—and potential sources of renewed conflict. The creation of these nations reflected the hopes of the victors. The war had been fought which would end all wars. The task of the peacemakers was to translate this idealism into the terms of peace and into international affairs. President Wilson’s famous ‘Fourteen Points’

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Author

Roger Parkinson

Publisher

Wayland (Publishers) Ltd

Published

1988

Language

EN

ISBN

9780853400141

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Language Learning, World History