4: League of Nations Pt. 1 - Foundations

History of the Second World War

Wesley Livesay

Society & Culture, Documentary, History

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🗓️ 13 April 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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The Paris Peace Conference would result in the creation of the League of Nations, designed to foster communication and cooperation between all nations. Website Patreon Twitter Facebook Discord Email: historyofthesecondworldwar@outlook.com Sources: Global Community: The Role of International Organizations in the Making of the Contemporary World by Akira Iriye A History of the League of Nations by F.P Walters The Guardians: The League of Nations and the Crisis of Empire by Susan Pedersen In Pursuit of Equality and Respect: China's Diplomacy and the League of Nations by Alison Adcock Kaufman Collective Security as Political Myth: Liberal Internationalism and the League of Nations in Politics and History by George W. Egerton Transnationalism and the League of Nations: Understanding the Work of Its Economic and Financial Organization by Patrician Clavin and Jens-Wilhelm Wessels Getting Out of Iraq-in 1932: The League of Nations and the Road to Normative Statehood by Susan Pedersen A "Great Experiment" of the League of Nations Era: International Nongovernmental Organizations, Global Governance, and Democracy Beyond the State by Thomas Richard Davies The League of Nations Health Organisation and the Evolution of Transnational Public Health by Patricia Anne Sealey The League of Nations, International Terrorism, and British Foreign Policy, 1934-1938 by Michael D. Callahan Japan and the League of Nations: An Asian Power Encounters the "European Club" by Thomas W. Burkman Exporting Development: The League of Nations and Republican China by Margherita Zanasi The League of Nations and the Great Powers, 1936-1940 by Peter J. Beck The League of Nations and the Minorities Question by Carole Fink Imperialism and Sovereignty: The League of Nations' Drive to Control Global Arms Trade by David R. Stone The League of Nations, Public Ritual and National Identity in Britain, c. 1919-56 by Helen McCarthy The Legacies of Woodrow Wilson and the League of Nations in Russia by Alexander S. Khodnev Mapping the UN - League of Nations Analogy: Are There Still Lessons to be Learned from the League by Alexandru Grigorescu Minorities and the League of Nations in Interwar Europe by Mark Mazower The League of Nations and the Settlement of Disputes by Lorna Lloyd The Transnational Dream: Politicians, Diplomats and Soldiers in the League of Nations' Pursuit of International Disarmament, 1920-1939 by Andrew Webster Turkey's Entrance into the League of Nations by Yucel Guclu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.9	Music Hello everyone and welcome to History of the Second World War episode four, The League of Nations
0:49.1	Part 1, Foundations.
0:51.9	The League of Nations was important for many reasons.
0:55.2	Its creation during the Paris Peace Conference trumpeted a new era of international relations,
1:00.9	and also represented the triumph of a new view of the world and how nations should interact
1:05.8	on the global stage.
1:07.8	Instead of a world of anarchy, where war and conflict were not just possible but inevitable,
1:13.6	the very existence of the League was a testament to the fact that there were many who believed
1:17.9	that the world could and should live in peace.
1:21.4	The goals of the League and those nations that supported it were to create a world where
1:25.4	there was an option for nations to settle their
1:27.5	differences without wars, to improve the world through cooperation, and to provide a way to safeguard
1:33.5	human rights around the world. To accomplish these goals, roughly 50 nations sent delegates
1:39.4	to Geneva every year after 1920. They would meet and discuss, plan and negotiate to try and improve the world.
1:47.5	They would try to find ways through their coordinated actions that the world could be made into a
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