Editing Woodrow Wilson (section)

==== Fourteen Points ====
{{Main|Fourteen Points}}
Wilson sought the establishment of "an organized common peace" that would help prevent future conflicts. In this goal, he was opposed not just by the Central Powers, but also the other Allied Powers, who, to various degrees, sought to win concessions and to impose a punitive peace agreement on the Central Powers.<ref>Clements (1992), pp. 164–165</ref> On January 8, 1918, Wilson delivered a speech, known as the Fourteen Points, wherein he articulated his administration's long term war objectives. Wilson called for the establishment of an association of nations to guarantee the independence and territorial integrity of all nations—a [[League of Nations]].<ref>Heckscher (1991), p. 471.</ref> Other points included the evacuation of occupied territory, the establishment of an independent [[Poland]], and [[self-determination]] for the peoples of Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire.<ref>Berg (2013), pp. 469–471</ref>