Did the League fail in the 1930s due to bigger challenges unlike the 20s

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Did the League fail in the 1930s due to bigger challenges unlike the 20s

        

There was self-interest in the league. The leading members were Britain and France; the league depended on the whole mostly from these two countries. But these two were not prepared to fight for the league because if they fought for the league they were in risk of losing most of their common interests. Like the crisis in Abyssinia where Britain just let Mussolini pass the Suez Canal with no obstruction.

Economic sanctions didn’t work because the main economic powers at the time weren’t part of the league. Examples are the Russia and the U.S.A. the difference is that Russia at the end of the league it became a member, but the U.S.A. never became a member congress vetoed the decision to join the league. These were the biggest trade partners of nearly all the countries that’s why they were ineffective

          Some of the treaties it had signed were seen harsh and unfair to many nations. Most members were in the idea that the treaties need amending. This further undermined the league.

Many countries like Russia, Germany and Japan were only member later after the league had been founded or just had a very brief stay at the league; unlike the worlds greatest power the U.S.A. was never a member.

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The league never had an army of its own. The league was condemned to ask its members for an army and the only big armies at the time were Britain and France that at the time were more interested in solving their own domestic problems.

Decisions in the league were slow because of bureaucracy. Decision took a lot o time because their had to be reports, complaints, witnesses a lot of paper work for officials. An example of a slow decision is the resolution of the Manchurian crisis, it took one year to get a report from officials and after ...

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