It would really help if you gave me specific reasons of failure, and what could have been done to prevent those failures. i have found that many of the failures of the league of nations were caused by the inability of the league to follow its own rules. when italy invaded ethiopia, the league placed economic sanctions on italy, however these did not work because the league was not willing to oppose italy militarily, although it was a league rule that any aggresive members of the league (italy) would be declared hostile, and the league would wage war upon the aggresive country. how could the league have been strengthened if it did not follow through on its own rules?
Please do not give me a link to wikipedia saying "here is all you need to know" Guess what? I've been on wikipedia and it doesn't have all the answers.
2007-03-04 10:29:34 · 3 answers · asked by phliuy 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
If the United States had been a member of the League of Nations and participated in peacekeeping efforts, that organization would have been a lot stronger.
2007-03-04 10:45:20 · answer #1 · answered by MTSU history student 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Specifically you have to agree with MTSU above. But.
Any international organization purporting to be the conscience of mankind has to have teeth. Aggression must be met with force when all warnings / sanctions fail. Simply put, the League had no teeth and, when faced with the sheer aggression of a Mussolini, was bound to fail.
As to what could have be done to strengthen the League, why, simply following their own rules would have sufficed. The matrix of response was there - it was never used.
2007-03-04 11:42:58 · answer #2 · answered by dunno 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The League of Nations was as toothless as the UN is nowadays.
2007-03-05 11:51:51 · answer #3 · answered by Murray H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋