After World War I (1914-1918), the idea of national self-determination, especially strongly espoused by US president Woodrow Wilson, swept the globe. Nationalist and independence movements sprang up all over Europe and Asia as peoples tried to break the bonds of imperialism and colonialism.
第一次世界大戰以後，美國威爾遜總統的「民族自決」主張席捲全球，歐洲、亞洲紛紛出現民族國家及獨立運動，以掙脫帝國主義和殖民主義綑綁。