He wanted to punish Germany and weaken them for what they have caused to European countries and wanted them to pay for the reparations so that France can rebuild itself. Meanwhile, Woodrow Wilson wanted to make a fair treat to end the war. He didn’t want a harsh peace and was more sensible than Clemenceau and David George. Woodrow wanted justice to be paid. He issued Fourteen points which talks about what he wanted and his views that could avoid another start of
Introduction The Congress of Vienna held on September 1814 to June 1815 was one of the most important conferences in European history called to remake Europe after the downfall of Napoleon I. It was a congress of the Great powers of Europe which met to settle the future boundaries of the Continent and almost every state in Europe was represented. The Congress was symbolized by a grand opening with magnificent balls and entertainments but the serious business was full of intrigues and rivalries. The Congress was held in order to draw up a plan to alter Europe politically and territorially so as to prevent the extensive expansion of any one great power, such as that Napoleon had brought about. Creating a balance of power among powerful nations of Europe, reinstating conservative regimes, containing France and reaching an agreement to cooperate with each other were the goals of the congress which illustrated the attitude of the national representatives present and supported the overall purpose of preventing future widespread conflict.
To the winner all, and the loser, humiliation. When the Allies handed the peace down at Versailles, they felt that they were ensuring an end to war. The harsh treatment of Versailles through a need for security, and a desire for revenge merely reset the iron dice for the next player. Woodrow Wilson was an idealist before his time and one that only America
In the early 30’s US due to President Hoover’s views on Foreign Policy believing that the US should not go into “firm commitments” where they would have to promise security to other countries. He did however believe in treaties but opposed using economic sanctions against dissentients, saying it would only cause military involvement. This almost detached was the US was going is looked back at was our stage of isolationism. We started severely isolationist in the start of the 30’s as time progressed towards the late 30’s and early 40’s America does a 180 and starts to interfere sneakily with the World’s problems. As the economy started to fail America seemed to have stepped back from foregin affairs and focused on problems within their own
When Keynes rejected the scale of reparations placed on Germany and resigned from his post at the Treasury, he lead the way for what many leading politicians were to understand later on. Keynes supported the approach of Lloyd George that for economic and political reasons, Europe needed a successful Germany, which would be seriously difficult to achieve whilst the excessive reparations were placed on them. Furthermore, his book The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919), was successful in influencing the view of Britain that a weak Germany would only make the recovery of Europe after the war, a lot more difficult. On the other hand, from taking this view, politicians were criticised for being 'too lenient' towards Germany. Even Lloyd George, who took a much tougher political approach towards the reparations, received criticism.
History: Welfare, Reform and World War 1 Did World War I kill the progressive movement? Or was the crusade to make the world safe for democracy absorb the reforming zeal of the progressive era? It was believed that reform was stopped in its tracks by the start of World War I. “It is now shown the relationship between social reform and World War I is more complex that what earlier historians thought.” (Page 516) How the war brought the progressive era to a slow declining halt. The author Allen F. Davis reinforced my perception of the topic of the progressive movement and how the entry into the war didn’t totally end the movement.
[1] Although the armistice signed on 11 November 1918, ended the actual fighting, it took six months of negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference to conclude the peace treaty. The treaty was registered by the Secretariat of the League of Nations on 21 October 1919, and was printed in The League of Nations Treaty Series. Of the many provisions in the treaty, one of the most important and controversial required Germany to accept responsibility for causing the war (along with Austria and Hungary, according to the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye and the Treaty of Trianon, respectively) and, under the terms of articles 231–248 (later known as the War Guilt clauses), to disarm, make substantial territorial concessions and pay heavy reparations to certain countries that had formed the Entente powers. In 1921 the total cost of these reparations was assessed at 132 billion Marks (then $31.4 billion or £6.6 billion, roughly equivalent to US $442 billion or UK £284 billion in 2012), a sum that many economists at the time, notably John Maynard Keynes, deemed to be excessive and counterproductive and would have taken Germany until 1988 to pay. [2][3] The final payments ended up being made on 4 October 2010,[4] the 20th anniversary of German reunification, and some 92 years after the end of the war for which they were exacted.
Why Nations go to War “Mortals made these decisions. They made them in fear and in trembling, but they made them nonetheless” (Stoessinger 4). This is something that Dr. John G. Stoessinger implies in his book Why Nations go to War. Stoessinger organized his book to look at the events that led to specific wars of the twentieth century. He discusses prime wars such as, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam, and the wars in the Middle East.
Congress of Vienna and the Concert of Europe This response paper is about the Congress of Vienna and the Concert of Europe and the efforts to maintain peace in Europe after the Napoleonic Wars, the roles of conservative ideas in promoting the restoration of traditional order, the ideas that conservatives promote to reach this end, the response of liberals to the restoration, ideas and agendas that liberals promote in politics and economics. The Congress of Vienna of 1815 consisted mainly of four great powers at first, Austria, Russia, Prussia and Great Britain(they’re referred to as powers), the so called “quadruple Alliance,”1 which came together in Vienna Austria to make sure France and basically any other part of Europe couldn’t be in a position to dominate Europe in the future. But the Congress’ main goals were to bring an end to Napoleons wars and restore peace in Europe. The four powers that met at the Congress of Vienna finally gave the defeated power, France, a generous settlement of the war. They occupied France until 1818 when France paid them and gave back the land they had secured from the wars.
I disagree with the statement “ Increased militarism was the main cause of the second world war.” Due to the fact that it was one of the many reasons why the second world war started. I think that Appeasement was the main cause of the start of the second world war. Firstly , Britain and France followed the policy of appeasement. Appeasement was by chamberlain to satisfy Hitler’s demands. This gave Hitler confidence that Britain and France would not stop him when he invaded other countries.