This study critically examines Woodrow Wilson's acceptance of the principle of national self-determination and his role in implementing it at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. The assessment includes judgements by his contemporaries and historians of Wilson and the peace settlement. A survey of the manner in which national self-determination shaped the settlement leads to a discussion of the subsequent effects of the idea on the states and territories subject to the Versailles Treaty and related treaties.

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Rottingdean, UK

Derek Heater

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Book Title: National Self-Determination
Book Subtitle: Woodrow Wilson and his Legacy
Authors: Derek Heater
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23600-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-312-12396-3Due: 22 September 1994
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-23602-2Published: 01 January 1994
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-23600-8Published: 22 September 1994
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 225
Topics: World History, Global and Transnational History, Imperialism and Colonialism, European History, Modern History

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