Making Peace

Those who came to Paris in 1919 offered up competing visions for the post-world order. As the United States emerged as a world power, President Woodrow Wilson imagined a world governed by "self-determination" and the cooperation of a League of Nations in his Fourteen Points. The French delegation led by Georges Clemenceau sought to punish Germany for its role in the war, and the British and the French sought to secure their status in the world by expanding their global empires through the establishment of "mandates" in the former Ottoman and German colonies (Sources 3rd edition, pp. 397-402). The Japanese delegation  (Sources 3rd edition, pp. 404) and the participants of the 1919 Pan-African Congress across town sought a rather different vision.

(250-300 words) Describe and assess these different visions for the post-war order. In your view, what would be the ideal vision for post-war peace and prosperity?