When, two years later, the Paris Peace Conference wrapped i… - Arthur Herman

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When, two years later, the Paris Peace Conference wrapped itself around the principle of self-determination, it was automatically assumed that the principle posed no threat to the existing colonial empires of the victorious powers — the United States included.

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