Versailles #26: A League of Extraordinary Nations
When Diplomacy Fails Podcast
Zack Twamley
4.8 • 773 Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2019
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Before the League of Nations could be presented to the world, it was necessary to build up to that great and seismic event by examining...Russia? That didn't sound quite right, and yet the Council of Ten or Supreme Council worked through the 20-24 January as though the League of Extraordinary Nations which they were about to chair was weeks, rather than days away. In these circumstances, how could a coherent proposal for reimagining international relations be prepared on time? Mercifully, the committees were on the case, but this didn't mean that matters would proceed at all smoothly...
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there, my name is Zach Twomley. You're about to listen to the latest episode of the Versailles |
| 0:04.0 | Anniversary Project. This is when diplomacy fails. And yeah, this is episode 26. This is a very large |
| 0:11.7 | episode. It contains very detailed examinations of only a few days, the 20th to the 24th of January |
| 0:19.6 | 1919 to be precise. Now you might be wondering why on earth do we |
| 0:23.6 | need to go into so much detail for such a small number of days? Well, officially, the Paris |
| 0:29.2 | Peace Conference and the history of that event is made up by big people, very famous people, |
| 0:36.8 | and very famous issues and very well-known discussions, |
| 0:41.0 | debates, etc. It's an exciting, vibrant affair and if you look it up, then you'll see the |
| 0:47.2 | big three standing there, smiling back at you, or glaring back at you, depending what point |
| 0:51.6 | of the conference it was. But events like these, these spans of |
| 0:55.2 | days remind us that the Paris Peace Conference wasn't always like that. In fact, it was made up |
| 1:01.0 | by the mundane, the small issues, the daily grind. And the daily grind is what we're all about here |
| 1:07.5 | and when diplomacy fails because that is what helps us to get to the heart |
| 1:11.3 | of the story. Examinations like these are possible because when diplomacy fails podcast is my job. |
| 1:17.9 | It's a big part of my job other than lecturing and it means that I get to deliver examinations |
| 1:22.7 | in depth like these thanks to the support you guys give me by going over on Patreon. |
| 1:29.1 | So if you would like to support this podcast, if you would like to make sure that |
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