Episode 111 – The League of Extraordinary Expectations

Today we start covering the broader international initiatives that attempted to consolidate the Versailles system after WWI. The one that carried the most promise in the imagination of the world's public, if not the world's leaders, was the League of Nations. A precursor to the United Nations, it would try what had never been done before: Create an independent international body that would mediate the disputes of its members and de-escalate conflicts before a war could break out. 

 

Bibliography for this episode: 

 

1. Henig, Ruth The Peace That Never Was: A History of the League of Nations Haus Publishing Ltd, 2019
2. Becker, Pete and Natasha Wheatly Remaking Central Europe: The League of Nations and the Former Habsburg Lands Oxford University Press 2020

 

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