The Failure of The League Of Nations Essay written by Jonathan Timms The League of Nations, a former international organization, was formed after World War I to promote international peace and security. The basis of the League, also called the Covenant, was written into the Treaty of Versailles and other peace treaties and provided for an assembly, a council, and a secretariat. Because the peace treaties had created the League of Nations, the League was …showed first 75 words of 2641 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2641 total…the scene for the chain of events which led to WWII. Bibliography · BBC [Internet] Treaty of Versailles Available: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/modern/versaill/versafla.htm [October 16, 1999] · Jeremy Fazli [Internet] The Faults of the World War I Peace Settlement May 2, 1998, Available: http://209.235.102.0/~aer23655/versailles.htm [October 16,1999] · Ronald Heiferman World War II (Derbibooks) · L.C.F. Turner The First World War (Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.) · Keith Shephard International Relations 1919-1939 (Stanley Thornes (Publishers)Ltd.), 1988