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Essay / Woodrow Wilson: From grand vision to harsh reality
Woodrow Wilson diplomatically pushed for an international order centered on the concept of a politically plural world where national self-determination was imperative. Wilsonian idealism developed from a traditional American belief in a new world order of self-government, enlightened diplomacy, and peace based on a symbiotic global economy. Woodrow Wilson's New World Order was a direct political emanation of the Monroe Doctrine, Hay's Open Door, and Roosevelt's corollary policies. While Wilson's commitment to a politically plural world was traditional for American foreign policy makers, Wilson's democratization of political plurality was unique. Additionally, Wilson advocated for “collective security” through a multilateral organization to oversee the global peacekeeping process. Thus, Wilson's grand vision would become a defining contribution to the American foreign policy convention. Subsequently, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and several American policymakers also claimed to support decolonization, democracy, and foreign intervention. Woodrow Wilson's grand vision fundamentally changed American foreign policy and aimed to transform the United States into a leading authority on global politics and finance. Democratic government, national self-determination, and free trade are important elements of Wilsonian internationalism. Wilson believed that promoting global democratic self-determination through United States foreign policy was a priority. Wilson based his program on entrenched concepts regarding American interests, ideologies, and institutions. Americans' belief in freedom, democracy, and open markets has its origins in revolutionary generations' objection to British mercantilism. Since the American Revolution, many foreign affairs of the United States... middle of paper... and around the world. "Wilson suffered from a misperception of the depth of ideology and its ability to perceive the social, political and economic difficulties inherited from his great vision were nevertheless mistaken. Wilson's great internationalist vision would become the sign before- runner of the future foreign policy of the United States and the League of Nations would be the paradigm of what would become the United Nations. The Wilsonian liberal internationalist vision was not entirely new, well planned and resulting in unintended consequences. Wilsonian internationalism was not a complete failure. Conversely, Wilson's grand vision played an increasingly important role in United States foreign policy and was successful in promoting human rights. man and collective security on a global scale has fostered a new era of American diplomatic power..