It is much easier to make war than to make peace. War can be brought about by mindless violence, but peace can be brought about only through diplomacy, understanding and compromise. Many people would consider the current attitudes of the USA and of, for example, of Germany towards making war on other countries as cases in point-viewing the former as a stupid, ignorant and naïve approach; the latter as a more …
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…excessively harsh on the German people as far as action sanctions were concerned. The only reason that it could be portrayed as such was when compared to the naively ideological points put forward by Wilson, which could not be applied given the state of popular opinion in the allied countries after years of propaganda. Hence, if blame for the failure of the Treaty must lie primarily with any one person this person would be Wilson.