Analyse Woodrow Wilsons objectives in entering World War I and assess his success in achieving them.

The United States of America was a neutral power at the onset of World War 1.  In this respect, it became solely their decision to enter the war or not.  Virtually all Americans favored neutrality in 1914; keeping out of Europes quarrels had been a hallowed tradition.   In its early stages the war was fought between Germany and Austria-Hungary (known as the Central Powers) and Belgium, Great Britain, France, Russia, and Serbia (known as the Allies)….(short extract)