Compare the visions of the post-war settlement as expressed in the Decree on Peace, David Llyod George’s Speech on British War Aims and Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points

Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points proposed to open peace treaties (vowel diplomacy); complete freedom of navigation; remove customs barriers; reduce armaments; settle colonial issues; to release all territories occupied by Germany of providing capabilities to define its political development; liberate and develop Belgium; return the French territories occupied by Germany, including Alsace and Lorraine; clarify the borders of Italy in accordance with national characteristics. It also supposed providing the peoples of Austria-Hungary's autonomy; the release of the occupied territories of Germany, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Serbia, providing access to the sea; allowing the autonomous development of other nationalities parts of the Ottoman Empire and the establishment of the Polish state with providing him access to the Baltic Sea.
In essence, this peace program reflects the desire of the US imperialism to establish US hegemony in international politics, weakening its rivals, namely England, France and Japan. The power and appeal of Wilson's program was in its relative moderation in comparison to the peace program of the Bolsheviks. Wilson suggested that a new international order and the mechanisms of its maintenance. But it does not encroach on the break-up of the social and political structure of the state in the process of creating a kind of global supranational community.
Conclusion
It should be concluded that the visions of the post-war settlement as expressed in the Decree on Peace, David Lloyd George’s Speech on British War Aims and Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points do express some similar motives. First of all, every country was exhausted by the war as well as by the social and idealistic pressure; they were eager to put the end to the confrontation. Secondly, every of the countries wanted to win more than it had already lost because of the war; each country tried to protect and promote its interests the world political arena. The statement can be illustrated by the examples of the USA, trying to improve market and leader positions, or the Soviets, willing to expand the influence of communism.
The differences, appearing in the documents and the speech mentioned above, are due to the various understanding of the better future for every nation, which can be clarified by the context of the war actions.
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