League of Nations
-Set up in neutral places
-Doomed from the start because they did not include Germany, Russia and the USA
-Feared Russia (communist)
-Germany lost the war
-USA: Woodrow Wilson couldn't control his congress, He was a democrat and his congress was republican and he couldn't convince them it was a good idea. At the time the USA was practicing isolationism, they didn't want to be pulled into another war
-Without those countries they had no force
-Set up in neutral places
-Doomed from the start because they did not include Germany, Russia and the USA
-Feared Russia (communist)
-Germany lost the war
-USA: Woodrow Wilson couldn't control his congress, He was a democrat and his congress was republican and he couldn't convince them it was a good idea. At the time the USA was practicing isolationism, they didn't want to be pulled into another war
-Without those countries they had no force
Summary
The League of Nations was created after WWI using the concept of collective security much like the present day United Nations. However due to the exclusion of 3 main super powers, the failure of this program would lead to the begining of WWII.
Quotes"Just think of what Woodrow Wilson stood for: he stood for world government. He wanted an early United Nations, league of nations. But it was the conservatives, Republicans, that stood up against him.
7 up, 0 down" Ron Paul
Subjunctive Questions
Would the League of Nations been successful if the 3 missing super powers were included?
The League of Nations was created after WWI using the concept of collective security much like the present day United Nations. However due to the exclusion of 3 main super powers, the failure of this program would lead to the begining of WWII.
Quotes"Just think of what Woodrow Wilson stood for: he stood for world government. He wanted an early United Nations, league of nations. But it was the conservatives, Republicans, that stood up against him.
7 up, 0 down" Ron Paul
Subjunctive Questions
Would the League of Nations been successful if the 3 missing super powers were included?