Kellogg-Briand Pact

Treaty

By: Frank Kellogg and Aristide Briand

Date: August 27, 1928

Source: Kellogg-Briand Pact, 1928. United States Statues at Large, vol. 46, part 2, p. 2343. Reprinted in the Avalon Project at Yale Law School. "The Kellogg-Briand Pact and Associated Documents." Available online at http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/kbpact/kbpact.htm (accessed January 28, 2003).

About the Author: Frank Kellogg (1856–1937) was one of the premier attorneys in the United States. As a "trustbuster," he won antitrust suits against the General Paper Company, Union Pacific Railroad, and the Standard Oil Company. In 1925, he became the U.S. secretary of state, and in 1929 he won the Nobel Peace Prize. Aristide Briand (1862–1932) served in the French government for over thirty years, dating from his election to the Chamber of...

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