The League of Nations & the search for order in the 1920s
After the anger of the Paris treaties, the world tried something hopeful and new — a League of Nations to keep the peace by talking, not fighting. We'll see what the League was for and how it was built, celebrate its genuine successes in refugee work and in settling small quarrels, then face its deep weaknesses — no America, no army, the unanimity rule, and its helplessness at Corfu. We'll follow the separate great-power deals that grew up outside it — Washington, Dawes, Locarno, Kellogg–Briand, Young — and finish with the great AS question: how far had real international order been achieved by 1929?
By the end you should be able to (NSSCAS History (AS) 1.2):
- Evaluate the role the League of Nations played in the search for international order
- Discuss why separate international agreements were still needed in the 1920s
- Assess the League's successes and its structural weaknesses
- Explain how far international order had been achieved by 1929
Mr Peter and Mike talk through the whole topic — with the figure and working drawn live.