The league was established in 1920. ... England and France had major losses during world war 1 and were not prepared to use force and solve problems of other countries because they had their own problems to solve, this wouldn't be a problem if america participated in the league of nations. ... The league also could not succeed because the power that the league had was not enough so the league could not deal with major powers because the major powers would probably just ignore the commands of the league. Another major reason why the league would fail is because the two countries in power, ...

• Word Count: 1099
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The League of nations was set up to eliminate war between nations. ... The power of the League resided with the major powers in the council. ... The Italians launched their attack on Ethiopia, the last major independent state in Africa, in October. ... Within four days of the attack the League condemned Italy. ... It was flawed because the major powers either did not join or did not support it fully. ...

• Word Count: 506
• Approx Pages: 2

The league's main aim was to keep the peace. ... The league decided that the invasion was illegal but Japan ignored the league and nothing was done to stop it. ... One of the major causes of World War One was the arms race. ... The League of Nations" main objective in maintaining peace was to persuade the major powers disarm. ... The league was basically dead. ...

• Word Count: 644
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Thesis The differing positions held by the United States and the Soviet Union on the various civil wars during the middle of the twentieth century as well as their direct confrontation during the Cuban Missile Crisis led to a major rise in political tension between the two superpowers and contributed to the longevity of the Cold War. 1) "Despite all Woodrow Wilson's efforts in establishing the League of Nations, the USA did not join the League because of objections raised in the Senate, and Wilson's refusal to compromise ensured that the US would not ratify the Covenant of The Leagu...

• Word Count: 669
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The league had no army and not all countries were members as USA never joined because of its power. ... Furthermore, the limitations to the size of her navy meant that Germany had less protection and this made Germany even more prone and vulnerable to foreign attack and because of its major loss of land, Germany also felt like it had been weakened and split apart altogether. ... The League of Nations wasn't really that effective. ... It could be said that if the League of Nations had obtained its proposed purpose and prevented Hitler from doing what he did, there wouldn't have been a...

• Word Count: 1207
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Although he majored in history, he knew little of European history. ... The League of Nations was formed; however America was never Page 4 a member. ... President Wilson spent the remainder of his coherent life trying to gain public support for the treaty and the league. Many other nations formed the league; however they failed to stop World War Two. ... As I stated before America never ratified the treat and therefore never joined the League of Nations. ...

• Word Count: 1104
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Hollywood played a major part in producing a number of movies that provided a release for the war-weary. ... Sports also played a major rule during World War II. ... Shortly after the invasion of Pearl Harbor in 1941, Major League Baseball commissioner Kenesaw Landis thought it might be necessary to shut down baseball for the 1942 season as they had done during World War I. ... As families saw their sons, daughters, mothers and fathers depart they turned their eyes to baseball and even though five hundred Major League ball players served in the World War II, baseball continued. ...

• Word Count: 1053
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Canada's victory over Vimy Ridge demonstrated that Canada is able to win major battles without the help of other nations. ... Although signing separately from Britain made their empire have six votes in the League of Nations, it established that Canada wanted to be apart with Britain. As a result of the Treaty of Versailles, Canada was part of the peace talk and was included in the League of Nations. ...

• Word Count: 745
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Some of the major causes of the Second World War were: • Anger over the Versailles Treaty • The failure of peace efforts after World War I • The rise of Fascism • The goals of Hitler ANGER OVER THE VERSAILLES TREATY The Treaty of Versailles was enacted into history in June 1919 with Germany forced to accept sole responsibility for causing World War I. ... THE FAILURE OF PEACE EFFORTS AFTER WORLD WAR I The League of Nations was set up soon after the Treaty of Versailles and it was meant to keep peace within Europe. It had several problems from the start, nam...

• Word Count: 698
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The League of Nations also took over overseas Germany colonies. ... It later caused major controversy but then again ignore by the Allied forces. By then, the League of Nations had most control over almost everything. ...

• Word Count: 684
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

It was originally an attempt to replicate (but reform) the failed League of Nations set up in a similar world climate of post-war devastation both politically, economically and socially. ... At this time it was the two major superpowers of the East and West that largely control international peace and security as the battled to avoid nuclear war. As this ended there were major implications as the balance of power shifted. ... The collapse of the Soviet Union as held by Khrushchev subsequently allowed the Security Council to be freed from the stalemate that it faced as a result of the threat of...

• Word Count: 717
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

There were different perspectives on how the Axis powers should be dealt with some believed opposing countries and the League of Nations should use appeasement and some believed they should use collective security. ... The Soviet Union was originally Allies of Germany when Hitler and Stalin signed the non-aggression pact, but when Hitler went against the pact and invaded the Soviet Union on June 22 1941 the Soviet Union officially declared war and became a major Allied power. ...

• Word Count: 548
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The point that is the most well known for this is the last, which was the founding of the League of Nations. The League of Nations was the forefather of today's United Nations. ... World War I was a major turning point for most of the world. ...

• Word Count: 1028
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The League of Nations developed and it helped to put on the war trials and still today is in effect to fairly decide on the world's dilemmas. ... The nuclear bomb still plays a major role in today's society as NATO is always trying to regulate the nuclear weapons across the country, and even speculation can stir up wars (i.e. ...

• Word Count: 693
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The League of Nations developed and it helped to put on the war trials and still today is in effect to fairly decide on the world's dilemmas. ... The nuclear bomb still plays a major role in today's society as NATO is always trying to regulate the nuclear weapons across the country, and even speculation can stir up wars (i.e. ...

• Word Count: 693
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The Director of the Pro-Europe League of Journalists, Dr Nicolas K. ... In the post-Cold War era, the best way of deterring major wars between the principal geopolitical actors is the creation of the global security system that we mentioned above. ...

• Word Count: 779
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Secondly, the warfare labs that are used to produce these germs are difficult to detect, and major nations sometimes work together collectively to produce these agents for use in warfare. ... The Hague Conference of 1899 made an attempt to outlaw weapons containing poisonous gases but when World War I came around, In Geneva in 1925 a League of Nations protocol against chemical and biological war was signed; it was not, however, ratified by the United States until 1975. ...

• Word Count: 671
• Approx Pages: 3

The Battle at Manila Bay took place on 1 May 1898 and was the first major engagement of the Spanish-American War. ... The steel armored (Protected Cruisers) were in a league of their own. ... Contrary to American public opinion McKinley did take an Imperialist approach to the Philippines most likely due to the victory in Cuba and the Philippines and the major success of the U.S. defeating a world power (Spain). ...

• Word Count: 1192
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In 1881, the three countries created the Three Emperor's League. ... By 1910, there were two major European Alliances. ... The bad thing about the Alliances was that they faced the major nations into war, even though none really had much to gain. ...

• Word Count: 1045
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Global Effects - WWI killed fewer victims than WWII; it destroyed fewer buildings and uprooted millions instead of tens of millions, but in many ways it left deeper scars than WWII, both on the minds of the people and on the map of Europe (it was the first major war)... - Last, but not least, both WWI and WWII resulted in the creation of international organizations aimed at helping keep the peace in the world, namely: the League of Nations, and the UN, respectively. ...

• Word Count: 937
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

That was all true and beneficial to the US, but it did not work after the war when Wilson and other idealists placed their hopes for peace in the League of Nations as a formal structure for the community of nations as it was soon to be proven helpless at the start of WWII. ... It is easier to see that system drove behavior in the case of WWII more than WWI as the US demonstrated the want to permanently evict other major players from becoming a hegemon in their own pursuit of one. ...

• Word Count: 1168
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate