POLS 368 Lecture Notes - Richard A. Falk, Peace Movement, Neoconservatism
27 Jan 2013
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Woodrow wilson believed that if all countries were republics, there wouldn"t be wars anymore (referring to work titled "perpetual peace"). During world war i, a lot of people were displaced while those in the turkish. At the end of the war, we had a real mess in terms of territorial disputes. Wilson"s plan was to ask people which empire they"d like to be a part of or whether they"d like to be an independent state. In other cases, he thought people shouldn"t be shuttled around like property. There were some who weren"t ready or self-rule but the imperials shouldn"t treat people like property, but should prepare them for ultimate self-rule and property. Some criticized wilson for not being more demanding at the paris peace. Liberals of wilson"s type argues that the domestic structure of states, such as their values, identity and cultures are at stake. There was a long strain on american policy.
