Thursday, February 18, 2010

League of Nations

League of Nations - multinational organization that would afford "mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike." Woodrow Wilson's plan.

The League of Nations an association of countries established in 1919 by the Treaty of Versailles to promote international cooperation and achieve international peace and security. It was powerless to stop Italian, German, and Japanese expansionism leading to World War II and was replaced by the United Nations in 1945.

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