The Failure of the League

The Failure of the League

The Failure of the League of Nations to keep the peace can be attributed to many things. Some of the fault lay in the Covenant's flawed articles, while some are the fault of the member states policies. This paper will outline some of the mistakes made and the events which happened because of those mistakes.

It is important to understand the way the League was formed as well as to understand the condition of the world at the time of its existence to fully understand the reasons for its failure. Below a brief history of the formation of the League will be presented.

The League was presented in Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points, which was presented to the Central Powers in the form of the Treaty of Versailles to end World War I in 1919. The League was created to keep the peace achieved after the end of the extremely bloody war. Hopes were high among the victorious Allied nations. Tragically, as will be shown later, after ushering in the formation of the League, the U.S. did not enter into it; the treaty was not approved by the senate.

The League was setup similarly to the United Nations. It was composed of two main parts, the Council and the Assembly. The Council would be composed of four permanent members; England, France, Italy, and Japan. All other member states would be included in the Assembly. Furthermore, a Secretariat was created to head the League.

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