The League of Nations
The League of Nations (1919–46) peacekeeping organization began when Woodrow Wilson secured the inclusion of its charter in the Treaty of Versailles (1919).The League's “Covenant” represented the work of many internationalists on both sides of the Atlantic. It contained provisions for the arbitration of international disputes, the reduction of armaments, and for the imposition of collective military and economic sanctions against any nation that violated the political independence and territorial integrity of another (Article X).
The Covenant, like all constitutions, was subject to interpretation. Two competing tendencies existed in the American internationalist movement, both born of the politics of neutrality and preparedness of 1915–16. “Progressive internationalists” considered peace...
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