The League of Nations was unable to enforce its policies or maintain peace because of the weak alliance between powers. The US was not part of the League, some potentially strong countries, Germany and Russia, were excluded, the existing members were weak

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The League of Nations was unable to enforce its policies or maintain peace because of the weak alliance between powers. The US was not part of the League, some potentially strong countries, Germany and Russia, were excluded, the existing members were weak, the fundamental problem of collective security and the ineffectiveness of decision-making.

The first problem was that the US was not an member of the League. As shown by Source B, The President was idle, even though Wilson’s Fourteen Points formed the basis of the league, represented by the bridge, and they also had a lot of economic and military power. Without the US, the League lacked power, prestige and legitimacy, as the original creator of it was no longer there. The US was also the keystone upon which the entire bridge rests, without the US, there is a “gap in the bridge”, and the League was weak and incomplete.

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The second problem was that some potentially strong countries were excluded, such as Germany and Russia. Germany was not allowed to join the League as a punishment for starting World War One. Russia was not allowed as she had a communist government, an ideology that many people feared at that time. This meant that the League lost valuable support against aggressor nations, as Germany and Russia could have provided military support.

The third problem was that at the time the powers were facing political and economic problems. One of the solutions the League utilized in case of ...

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