me most important to Wilson: a general association of nations for the purpose of providing mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity for all nations (leading to the creation of the League of Nations). The Fourteen Points were widely publicized and acclaimed in the belligerent countries on both sides, and the address at once gave Wilson moral leadership of the Allies and served as a powerful diplomatic and propagandist weapon. The Allies generally accepted it as a statement of war aims, and when Germany sued for peace it was on the basis of the Fourteen Points. Yet, Germany was not happy with how the points were applied in the treaty of Versailles and other agreements made at the time. In addition to the Treaty itself, the Allies felt bound by a number of secret treaties and agreements made among them during the war. The Allies also feared for the future and sought a way to prevent Germany from becoming a major power again.
A.J.P. Taylor writes, "The Second World War was, in large part, a repeat performance
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