Kellogg-Briand Pact

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This essay discusses the Kellogg-Briand Pact, which was a pact France proposed to the United States ten years after World war I to prevent armed conflict between countries from taking place again. Although it was meant to outlaw war it failed because there were no repercussions built into the pact to prevent countries from breaking it.

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"The Kellogg-Briand Pact, also known as the Pact of Paris, was a treaty that attempted to outlaw war. The treaty was drafted by France and the United States, and on August 27, 1928, was signed by fifteen nations" (West's). In the next five years the treaty gained even more support from countries around the world and in 1933 sixty-five nations had agreed to the terms of the pact. Therefore, this pact which France initiated for its own protection and to prevent occurrences such as World War I did gain the support of a large number of nations who did agree to not use war as a means of settling disputes when they subsequently arise. The Kellogg-Briand Pact was initiated by French foreign minister Aristide Briand thus it bares his name along with the name of Frank B. Kellogg who was the United States' Secretary of State."

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