Woodrow Wilson kept his country from World War I until he was provoked in 1917 by unrestricted German submarine warfare and the firing of Mexico against the US by the Germans. The American intervention in the war – the first in Europe – brought the decision to the Allied side and the US therefore played a major role in the Versailles peace process. Woodrow Wilson came out with a very visionary “14-point plan” for the post-war order, in which self-determination for peoples, the reconstruction of Belgium and the establishment of the League of Nations – predecessor of the United Nations – were key issues of peace.
The League of Nations became a reality, but without the US because the Republican majority in Congress blocked accession. Woodrow Wilson was unable to rule for a long time after a cerebral hemorrhage, although that was kept secret and his wife Edith Bolling-Galt signed important documents with the knowledge of some top ministers.
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