Truth And Consequences: Taking Advantage Of The Loser Of WWI

Part I of Essay
Although the costs and strain that World War I placed on the countries involved in it were unimaginable, the peace treaty Germany was forced to sign was neither fair nor just. Millions upon millions of men lost their lives or were wounded and women and children suffered f ....

Part II of Essay
.... peace based on Wilson's Fourteen Points, but the other leaders were vengeful. They wanted Germany to pay in a big way for their losses and costs incurred. Instead of choosing to aim for long lasting peace by basing their treaty on the Fourteen Points, Clemenceau, George, and Orlando drew up a treaty that would cause Germany to go into a nation-wide depression and suffer for a whole generation. This treaty became known as the Treaty of Versailles. In looking at the treaty, one would think that the writers were completely biased against ....