Fourteen Points

Fourteen Points
   The Fourteen Points were an idealistic but extremely influential set of peace proposals formulated by U.S. president Woodrow Wilson in January 1918 to end World War I on a just basis. Thus, they were also meant as propaganda for the Allied cause.
   Wilson's 12th point declared that the non-Turkish minorities of the Ottoman Empire should be granted the right of "autonomous self-development." This, of course, would have been a blueprint for
   Kurdish autonomy or even eventual independence. The Sykes-Picot Agreement between Great Britain and France, however, had made other provisions for these minorities, and Kurdish autonomy failed to develop.

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  • Fourteen Points — the 14 aims of the US at the end of World War I, as presented by President Woodrow Wilson to Congress on 8 January 1918. They included a reduction in military weapons, freedom of the seas, free international trade and several land agreements,… …   Universalium

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  • Fourteen Points —    See Armistice …   Historical dictionary of Weimar Republik

  • Fourteen Points — statement made by President Woodrow Wilson of American peace goals during World War I …   Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games

  • Fourteen Points — /fɔtin ˈpɔɪnts/ (say fawteen poynts) noun the, a statement of the war aims of the Allies, made by US President Wilson on 8 January 1918 …  

  • (the) Fourteen Points — the Fourteen Points [the Fourteen Points] the 14 aims of the US at the end of ↑World War I, as presented by President Woodrow Wilson to ↑Congress on 8 January 1918. They included a reduction in military weapons, freedom of the seas, free… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Fourteen Points, The — a statement of the war aims of the Allies, made by President Wilson on January 8, 1918. * * * …   Universalium

  • Fourteen Points, The — a statement of the war aims of the Allies, made by President Wilson on January 8, 1918 …   Useful english dictionary

  • cross of fourteen points — an emblem consisting of seven bars radiating from a center, broadening toward the end, and having each end indented in the form of a V …   Useful english dictionary

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