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Definition: League of Nations from Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary

Political organization estab. by the Allied powers at the end of WWI; replaced by the United Nations 1946.


League of Nations

From Encyclopedia of United States - Latin American Relations
Keywords International Organizations Diplomatic and Military Policy Colombia Established in the hope of preventing future international conflicts through negotiation and arbitration, the League of Nations convened in Paris, France, on January 16, 1920. The Covenant of the League of Nations, the governing charter for that organization, had been devised as Part I of the Treaty of Versailles and signed by representatives from forty-one nations on June 28, 1919. Initial member nations from Latin America included Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela, and constituted 36 percent of the league's early membership. Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic would join in 1920 and 1924, respectively. Due in part to antipathy relating to its revolution and the Zimmerman Telegram, the Wilson administration successfully recommended that Mexico not be invited to join the league initially. Mexico…
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From Philip's Encyclopedia
Set up following World War 1 to arbitrate in...
International organization (1920-46), forerunner of the United Nations (UN) . Created as part of the Treaty of Versailles (1919) ending World War 1, the USA's refusal to participate impaired the League's effectiveness. The threats to world peace from Germany, Italy, and Japan caused the League to…
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From Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable
A league, having at one time about 60 member nations with headquarters at Geneva, with the essential aim of preventing war as well as promoting other forms of international cooperation. It was formed on 10 January 1920 as a consequence of the Treaty of Versailles but was weakened from the outset by…
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From Brewer's Dictionary of Irish Phrase and Fable
The Irish Free State became a member of the League of Nations on 10 September 1923, although the application was opposed by the British government, which claimed that it represented all the Commonwealth countries, including Ireland. It was not until the 1930s, under éamon de Valera, that Ireland…
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From Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy
Following the armistice that ended World War I on...
The League of Nations emerged from World War I as the characteristic international organization of what was to be a new era of world politics. It was based on the principles of idealism as expressed in Woodrow Wilson 's Fourteen Points and a rejection of the balance-of-power politics that had…
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1920–1946 Founded on idealism and championed by U.S. president Woodrow Wilson as part of his Fourteen Points plan for international peace, the League of Nations foundered on the geopolitical realities of the interwar period. Designed to prevent war as a means of resolving disputes between countries, …
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From The SAGE Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood Studies
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson first mentioned the creation of an international organization to contribute to peace in his speech 14 points in 1918. One year later, the commission to establish League of Nations was created by the Allied Powers (United States, France, British Empire, Russian Empire) …
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From The Oxford Companion to International Relations
The covenant of the League of Nations, the first permanent international organization charged with the task of preserving international peace and security, was drafted during the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, primarily under the influence of President Woodrow Wilson of the United States, Robert…
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20th century diplomacy and international relations Europe history international history imperial history The Mandates system of the League of Nations was established at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, and provided international oversight for the former Ottoman provinces and German colonies in…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
International organization formed after World War I to solve international disputes by arbitration . Established in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1920, the League included representatives from states throughout the world, but was severely weakened by the US decision not to become a member, and had no…
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From Encyclopedia of the American Presidency
In January 1918 President Woodrow Wilson made a speech to Congress outlining his program for peace at the end of the war in Europe. His guiding principles were brought together under the rubric of his Fourteen Points. The last of these principles was Wilson's proposal for an international League of…
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