Woodrow Wilson's most lasting political philosophy was his view that [[democracy]] should be installed around the world. He broke up the Catholic Austrian-Hungarian Empire to advance his goal of installing democracy for each ethnic subpopulation. This created a power vacuum that led to internal strife, and was later be exploited by [[Adolf Hitler]] and [[Joseph Stalin]], with Hitler annexing [[Austria]] to [[Germany]] and Stalin installing a communist dictator in [[Hungary]] after [[World War II]]. Wilson's view of installing democracy worldwide has since been copyied by the [[neoconservatives]]. | Woodrow Wilson's most lasting political philosophy was his view that [[democracy]] should be installed around the world. He broke up the Catholic Austrian-Hungarian Empire to advance his goal of installing democracy for each ethnic subpopulation. This created a power vacuum that led to internal strife, and was later be exploited by [[Adolf Hitler]] and [[Joseph Stalin]], with Hitler annexing [[Austria]] to [[Germany]] and Stalin installing a communist dictator in [[Hungary]] after [[World War II]]. Wilson's view of installing democracy worldwide has since been copyied by the [[neoconservatives]]. |