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In a sense, it stood idly by during the 1920s. had entered the First World War decisively to restore the global balance of power, but then it decided, Nah.

There was quite a lot of populism and authoritarian strongmen coming to the fore, which helped give rise to, on the far right, Nazism and Fascism, and on the left, Marxist-Leninism. It was a period of extraordinary economic turbulence and turmoil when there was mistrust over whether the global economy could bring prosperity to people. It was a period of hyper-nationalism at the end of the First World War. What was going on in the rest of the world while the League of Nations was functioning? If you don't get the confirmation within 10 minutes, please check your spam folder.

Click the link to confirm your subscription and begin receiving our newsletters. membership in the League of Nations.įor your security, we've sent a confirmation email to the address you entered. The reality was it was more moral than an iron-clad legal commitment. The biggest issue was Article X, which said League members are committed to protecting the independence and territorial integrity of other countries around the world, and Lodge interpreted that as an automatic decision that if a country was invaded or faced aggression, the U.S. from determining its own fate and demanded all these reservations to U.S. Henry Cabot Lodge, the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was worried involvement in the League would hamstring the U.S. The League suffered big time from the absence of major powers - Germany, Japan, Italy ultimately left - and the lack of U.S. Unanimity made it really hard for the League to do anything. There had to be unanimity for decisions that were taken. The League was not in vain if you consider that there were lessons learned from its failings. The League of Nations is significant because, even though it failed, it was the first time a bunch of sovereign nations got together and said, ‘We’re sovereign nations, but we’re going to try to combine our power to try to keep the peace.’ It also had some modest successes particularly dealing with certain territorial disputes. PATRICK: There had been many plans throughout history, since the days of Immanuel Kant, to come up with a permanent institution to help create perpetual peace or reduce the prospects of war.

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