'102 years ago on the 10th of January 1920, the League of Nations was formed out of the Treaty of Versailles. Its aim was to maintain peace after the First World War. With 58 member states by the 1930s, it had successes e against drug traffickers and slave traders, settling border disputes and returning prisoners of war. But much of the treaty was designed to punish Germany after WWI, creating an environment of disillusionment that enabled Nazi ideology to thrive. Across the rest of Europe, it was working up against economic depression, rising nationalism and a lack of support from the two great nations of Russia and the United States. Its ultimate demise began with Hitler's declaration of war in 1939. Was it too utopian and doomed to fail? In this episode Mats Berdal, Professor of Security and Development at Kings College London, joins Dan to discuss the legacy of the League of Nations, its importance in establishing the Geneva Protocol (prohibition of gas warfare), laying the foundations of the UN and the challenges that led to its ultimate failure.'
'When the League of Nations formed from the ashes of the first world war, it was tasked with preventing another global conflict. That was 100 years ago, and as history tells us, it failed miserably.'
'All these statements about appeasement have been taken from the internet. As you read them, make your mind up about what YOU - on balance - think about the policy of appeasement.'
A Century Ago, the Modern Middle East Was Born. At the end of 1919, Woodrow Wilson still wanted the region to decide its future. Britain and France had other ideas.
'On 30 September 1938, Germany, Britain, France and Italy reached a settlement that permitted German annexation of the Sudetenland in western Czechoslovakia. The area contained about three million people of German origin.'
'The First World War showed that the old ways of keeping peace had failed – the world’s leaders now had to find another way to prevent war. The 1920s saw the setting up of the League of Nations and many other individual agreements between countries.'
To get content containing either thought or leadership enter:
To get content containing both thought and leadership enter:
To get content containing the expression thought leadership enter:
You can enter several keywords and you can refine them whenever you want. Our suggestion engine uses more signals but entering a few keywords here will rapidly give you great content to curate.
The Great Depression and its international impact.