HIS 1110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: David Lloyd George, Undeclared War
29 Sep 2016
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)america wants the europeans to pay them back; blame goes to germany. )germany doesn"t see the war as a total defeat. )cl menceau wants to preserve the security of france & punish germany. )lloyd george (british pm) isn"t interested as much in reparations from germany just wants to preserve its colonial empire. )wilson has an ambitious world vision for the future he claims the war was "a war to make the world safe for democracy"". )wilson sees himself as a messiah sent from the new world to save the old world. )the main objective of the 14 points is to make it impossible for such a war to ever break out again. )league of nations; national self interest make sure empires such as the austro-hungarian empire never comeback. )wilson believes in free speech and hates secret democracy. )the 14 points are mostly lenient on germany. )france believes someone got to pay for the damages; that"s germany.
