The world must be made safe for democracy. Woodrow Wilson e la prima guerra mondiale

Abstract

Woodrow Wilson was elected President of the United States in 1912. His famous program The New Freedom was not focused on foreign policy, however, the years of his presidency were inevitably dominated by international events, ranging from the atrocities of World War I to the Paris Peace Conference. Democratic internationalism, theorized by Wilson in a systematic way towards the end of the Great War, will become a prevalent model in the United States international politics throughout the next century. Wilson’s strong commitment to international relations, albeit hoping to devote himself entirely to the resolution of internal problems, makes his presidency still remembered nowadays as the one that consciously and definitively consecrated the American nation to the role of main protagonist of international politics.