Paper Summary:

Opening with a look at the League of Nations, this paper analyzez the context of the League of Nations and why the United states decided not to join. The paper also provides a look at the articles and provisions created by the council for the League of Nations. A large portion of the paper regards the US internal debate over whether or not to join the league. This debate, which worked its way through the 66th Congress is described in detail. The paper concludes with a brief explanation of how the League of Nations led to its current incarnation, the United Nations.

Outline:
Introduction
Background and Overview
The U.S. Debate over Membership in the League of Nations
The British Debate over Membership in the League of Nations
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Following the end of the "War to End All Wars," an international forum that was capable of addressing the inevitable political and economic differences that will always take place between nations certainly seemed like a good idea but many modern observers may not realize the enormous controversy that resulted from this seemingly benign proposal. To this end, this paper examines the reasons the United States decided not to enter into the League of Nations while their British counterparts did join. This paper explains that the decision of the U.S. to stay out of the League was largely a political one based on the composition of the U.S. government and the adversarial nature of its political parties. In the U.S. the major legislative making body of the U.S. Congress did not have the same political affiliations or agenda as the president and even many of his supporters, while in Britain, the Prime Minister as the head of the Majority party in Parliament enjoyed more support for the United Kingdom's membership in the League. In support of this argument, this paper examines the peer-reviewed and scholarly literature concerning the respective positions that emerged on both sides of the Atlantic concerning the reasons in support and those opposed to U.S. and British membership in the League of Nations, followed by a summary of the research and important findings in the conclusion."

Sample of Sources Used:

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• Janas, Michael. 2006. "Woodrow Wilson's Western Tour: Rhetoric, Public Opinion and the League of Nations." Argumentation and Advocacy 42(4): 229.
• Johnsen, Julia E. Reconstituting the League of Nations. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1943.
• Kuehl, Warren F. and Lynne K. Dunn. Keeping the Covenant: American Internationalists and the League of Nations, 1920-1939. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1997.
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