GOV 312L Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Washington Naval Conference, Debt Relief, Dawes Plan
Document Summary
Historical overview of u. s. foreign policy: the versailles treaty to origins of the. Just because the u. s. played a large role in defeating germany in wwi and. Wilson held radical new ideas for peace, does not mean the u. s. could set the terms of peace unilaterally: wilson makes concessions to allies to preserve the league of nations. Wilson was known for his liberal internationalist strategy of foreign affairs (very anti- imperial: many trace wwii origins here, harsh peace on germany. Germans were summoned to paris and told they had a week to accept the tov or be attacked: germany"s new democratic government accepted the terms after some hesitation. Loses navy, merchant marine, colonies, territory in the west (alsace lorraine) and east (poland, czechoslovakia) Allies occupy rhineland (industrial center of europe: germany suffered the loss of the industrial heartland of germany (rhineland) European status quo that was created by the tov.
