The League of Nations’ Peace in the International System
Author(s)
Dunbabin, J. P.
Abstract
The League of Nations represented an effort to replace the failed “Concert of Europe” system, in which the great powers imposed their collective will on the smaller states. The early 1920’s, when the League came to constitute the central point of European diplomacy, was simply an interlude when the powers decided to work through it. During this period, the League was clearly successful in solving a number of secondary disputes and in arranging financial reconstruction for several nations. The League’s downfall came about because adherents believed that it could, through collective security, handle major problems as well as it did minor ones.
