"This book traces how Wilson's emerging definition of national self-determination and his practical application of the principle changed over time as negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference unfolded. Larry Wolff exposes the contradictions between Wilson's principles and their implementation in the peace settlement for Eastern Europe, and sheds light on how his decisions were influenced by both personal relationships and his growing awareness of the history of the Ottoman and Habsburg empires."-- Provided by publisher.

Wilson's eastern question and the end of the Ottoman Empire --"This war of emancipation" : the Wilsonian deliverance of the Habsburg peoples -- Wilsonian friendship : personal sympathy and geopolitical transformation -- National majorities and national minorities in Wilson's Eastern Europe.