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Hungary wanted out, for reasons that had nothing to do with Wilson. The first "Compromise", partially restoring her sovereignty, is from as early as 1867! And a
by 0815test 8y ago
Hungary wanted out, for reasons that had nothing to do with Wilson. The first "Compromise", partially restoring her sovereignty, is from as early as 1867! And after the Austrians lost in WWI full independence was clearly in the cards, no matter what Wilson would say. "Racism" seems to be mostly a red herring when it comes to Wilson's beliefs, especially since he was also influential in establishing the League of Nations.
- gumby 8y agoWilson was a notorious racist, that’s hardly an opinion. As I said he segregated the federal government, praised “Birth of a nation” etc. And we often use “nation” and “country” indistinguishably (especially Americans) but the point of “national sovereignty” was that each “nation” or “race” (in his time it was common to say “Italian race” or “Irish race”) should have self-government regardless of whether they had been living happily together or not. Not that he felt the US should be slit up or anything — having the “white man” (as they phrased it then) run everything was important to him.