At the conclusion of The Great War Wilson drafted a solution that he hoped would maintain peace and stay true to his campaign "A war to end all wars." Wilsons goal was to conclude the war in a forgiving and charitable manner. Thus he came up with the 14 point plan, 14 idealistic approaches which he hoped he could maintain in the postwar world. Among the most famous of Wilsons 14 points were his call for freedom of the seas, lifting of economic barriers, no secret treaties, a reduction of arms an other military productions, colonies which would be able to self determine their soverenighty, and most importantly the creation of the League of naitons. This league was intended to serve as a peace keeping organization with representatives from all nations.
Later on Wilson's fourteen points proved to be rather unsuccessful, as the other Allies found them to be too lenient as they saught to more significantly punish their German foes. As a result he was forced to compromise practically all of his fourteen points except his most cherished League of Nations.
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