{"id":56359,"date":"2020-04-12T04:00:48","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T08:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=56359"},"modified":"2020-04-11T13:25:26","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T17:25:26","slug":"the-failed-start-of-the-league-of-nations-i-the-great-war-1920","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/04\/12\/the-failed-start-of-the-league-of-nations-i-the-great-war-1920\/","title":{"rendered":"The Failed Start Of The League of Nations I THE GREAT WAR 1920"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4ffC_WxpL5k\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Great War<br \/>\nPublished 10 Apr 2020<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for Curiosity Stream and Nebula &#8211; and get 40% off annual plans right now: <a href=\"https:\/\/curiositystream.com\/thegreatwar\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/curiositystream.com\/thegreatwar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The League of Nations was US President Woodrow Wilson&#8217;s tool for a new and peaceful world after the war of 1914-1918 &mdash; and the US should have been their most important member. But the United States never joined and today the League of Nations is often seen as a failure. Was it doomed from the start?<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SUPPORT THE CHANNEL<br \/>\nPatreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/thegreatwar\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/thegreatwar<\/a><br \/>\nMerchandise: <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.spreadshirt.de\/thegreatwar\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/shop.spreadshirt.de\/thegreatwar\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SOURCES<br \/>\n&#8220;The Treaty of Peace with Germany (The Treaty of Versailles),&#8221; June 28, 1919, <em>United States Statutes at Large<\/em>, art. 1-440.<\/p>\n<p>Walters, F.P. <em>A History of the League of Nations<\/em>. (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1952)<\/p>\n<p>Link, Arthur et al., eds., <em>The Papers of Woodrow Wilson<\/em>, vol. 45 (1984)<\/p>\n<p>Ray S. Baker and William E. Dodd, eds, <em>The Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson: Authorized Edition, Vol. 1<\/em>, (New York, 1924)<\/p>\n<p>Matz, Nele, &#8220;Civilization and the Mandate System under the League of Nations as Origin of Trusteeship&#8221; in von Bogdandy, A and Wolfrum, R (eds.), <em>Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law<\/em>, Volume 9, 2005<\/p>\n<p>Braumoeller, Bear F. &#8220;The Myth of American Isolationism&#8221;, <em>Foreign Policy Analysis<\/em> Vol. 6, No. 4 (OCTOBER 2010), pp. 349-371<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;March 19, 1920: Senate Rejects Treaty of Versailles for Second and Final Time&#8221; <em>New York Times<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;v=4ffC_WxpL5k&#038;redir_token=RY7vE6ftCiNZnLEB0oZaBSuKpN18MTU4NjcxMDE1MkAxNTg2NjIzNzUy&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Flearning.blogs.nytimes.com%2F2012%2F03%2F19\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/learning.blogs.nytimes.com\/20&#8230; \/march-19-1920-senate- rejects-treaty-of-versailles-for-second-and-final-time\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Egerton, George W, &#8220;The Lloyd George Government and the Creation of the League of Nations&#8221;, <em>The American Historical Review<\/em>, Vol. 79, No. 2 (Apr., 1974), pp. 419-444<\/p>\n<p>Burkman, Thomas W. &#8220;Japan and the League of Nations: AN ASIAN POWER ENCOUNTERS THE &#8216;EUROPEAN CLUB'&#8221;, <em>World Affairs<\/em>, Vol. 158, No. 1, Woodrow Wilson and the League of Nations: Part Two (SUMMER 1995), pp. 45-57<\/p>\n<p>Rappart, William E. &#8220;Small States in the League of Nations&#8221;, <em>Political Science Quarterly<\/em> Vol. 49, No. 4 (Dec., 1934), pp. 544-575<\/p>\n<p>Cox, James Middleston, <em>Journey Through My Years<\/em>, (Simon &#038; Schuster: New York, 1946)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;THE BRITISH EMPIRE, THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS, AND THE UNITED STATES&#8221;, <em>Advocate of Peace through Justice<\/em>, Vol. 82, No. 7 (JULY, 1920), pp. 229-231<\/p>\n<p>Dorsey, Leeroy G, &#8220;Woodrow Wilson&#8217;s Fight for the League of Nations: A Reexamination&#8221;, <em>Rhetoric and Public Affairs<\/em>, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Spring 1999), pp. 107-135<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Covenant of the League of Nations&#8221; <em>AVALON PROJECT<\/em>, Yale Law School, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;v=4ffC_WxpL5k&#038;redir_token=RY7vE6ftCiNZnLEB0oZaBSuKpN18MTU4NjcxMDE1MkAxNTg2NjIzNzUy&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Favalon.law.yale.edu%2F20th_century%2Fleagcov.asp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/20th_cent&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Woodrow Wilson&#8217;s 14 Points&#8221;, <em>AVALON PROJECT<\/em>, Yale Law School, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;v=4ffC_WxpL5k&#038;redir_token=RY7vE6ftCiNZnLEB0oZaBSuKpN18MTU4NjcxMDE1MkAxNTg2NjIzNzUy&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Favalon.law.yale.edu%2F20th_century%2Fwilson14.asp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/20th_cent&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Riddell, George Allardice, <em>The Riddell diaries, 1908-1923<\/em>, (London ; 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