Fourteen Points

Fourteen Points
statement made by President Woodrow Wilson of American peace goals during World War I

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  • Fourteen Points — ) remained skeptical of the applicability of Wilsonian idealism. [Irwin Unger, These United States (2007) 561.] The speech was delivered over 10 months before the Armistice with Germany ended World War I, but the Fourteen Points became the basis… …   Wikipedia

  • Fourteen Points — the 14 aims of the US at the end of World War I, as presented by President Woodrow Wilson to Congress on 8 January 1918. They included a reduction in military weapons, freedom of the seas, free international trade and several land agreements,… …   Universalium

  • Fourteen Points —    The Fourteen Points were an idealistic but extremely influential set of peace proposals formulated by U.S. president Woodrow Wilson in January 1918 to end World War I on a just basis. Thus, they were also meant as propaganda for the Allied… …   Historical Dictionary of the Kurds

  • Fourteen Points of Jinnah — The Fourteen Points of Jinnah were proposed by Muhammad Ali Jinnah as a constitutional reform plan to safeguard the political rights of Muslims in a self governing India. The report was given in a meeting of the council of the All India Muslim… …   Wikipedia

  • Fourteen Points —    See Armistice …   Historical dictionary of Weimar Republik

  • Fourteen Points — /fɔtin ˈpɔɪnts/ (say fawteen poynts) noun the, a statement of the war aims of the Allies, made by US President Wilson on 8 January 1918 …  

  • (the) Fourteen Points — the Fourteen Points [the Fourteen Points] the 14 aims of the US at the end of ↑World War I, as presented by President Woodrow Wilson to ↑Congress on 8 January 1918. They included a reduction in military weapons, freedom of the seas, free… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Fourteen Points, The — a statement of the war aims of the Allies, made by President Wilson on January 8, 1918. * * * …   Universalium

  • Fourteen Points, The — a statement of the war aims of the Allies, made by President Wilson on January 8, 1918 …   Useful english dictionary

  • cross of fourteen points — an emblem consisting of seven bars radiating from a center, broadening toward the end, and having each end indented in the form of a V …   Useful english dictionary

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