Wilson's 14 Points And The League Of Nations

08 October 2004 (Lecture #18)

• Armistice – 11 November 1918
• The Big Four met (US, UK, France, Italy); Germany reorganizing the government and the Russian government did not exist

o France and UK agenda very different from the US – they wanted Germany to pay for the war

o US wants to expand democracy to foster stability

• Treaty of Versailles – Germany saddled with $6B debt; border industrial area occupied by troops until debt repaid

o Austria-Hungary split up into smaller countries

o Arms limitation on Germany (150,000 troops the cap)

o Germany forbidden from allying with Austria

o “Carthaginian Peace” (Rome burned Carthage and destroyed their soil)

(Note: short notes because the discussion of WWI ran into this day; not as much content for this day)