101 years ago, Nov. 19, 1919, the US Senate rejected ratification of the Treaty of Versailles & with it membership in the League of Nations, repudiating Woodrow Wilson's diplomacy, aims for international organization to prevent future wars. @thisdaypod https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/us-rejects-peace-treaty-1919-w-christopher-mcknight/id1502728938?i=1000499354205
The battle over acceptable reservations to permit passage was fierce in 1919
Main worries for so-called Irreconcilables & reservationists revolved around U.S. being entangled in the League against national vital interests, supporting colonial nations via mandates, being obligated to fight foreign wars/minimizing war, adhering to US values+precedents.
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