German military leaders seek immediate cease fire rather than risk an invasion and destruction of their homeland. Lenin challenges the Allies to make their war aims clear instead of negotiating secret territorial exchanges. Wilson proposes Fourteen ...
President Woodrow Wilson's vision clashes with the hard realities of international politics at the Paris Peace Conference. He compromises territorial settlements in the Far East and Poland in order to save the idea of the League of Nations.
The Senate Foreign Relations committee chaired by Henry Cabot Lodge rejects the treaty negotiated at Versailles. The idea of collective security required by membership in League of Nations is problematic for both liberals and conservatives. The U.S....