H200

Question 1

What factors were presented by Murray as contributing to both successful and unsuccessful innovation?

Answer 1

Specificity
Military Culture
Professional Military Education
Misuse of History
Force Projection
Rigidity

Question 2

Was an attempt to prevent an arms race in the Pacific, and in particular to reach an agreement between Britain, the U.S., and France on one side and Japan on the other.

Answer 2

Washington Naval Conference (1921-1922)

Question 3

The Western powers attempted to restore normal relations with Germany - not forgetting what had happened, but agreeing to live in peace.

Answer 3

Locarno Pact (1925)

Question 4

Germany guaranteed all its new borders with its neighbors, in return for which the Western allies ended their occupation of Germany, admitted Germany to the League of Nations, and generally treated them as an equal.

Answer 4

Locarno Pact (1925)

Question 5

Germany guaranteed all its new borders with its neighbors, in return for which the Western allies ended their occupation of Germany, admitted Germany to the League of Nations, and generally treated them as an equal.

Answer 5

Locarno Pact (1925)

Question 6

An agreement between U.S. Secretary of State Frank Kellogg and French Foreign Minister Aristide Briand, this optimistic agreement attempted to “outlaw war.”

Answer 6

Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928)

Question 7

Each of the fifty signatories promised not to use war as an instrument of national policy. However, the signatories were permitted to fight in their own self-defense, a loophole that permitted governments to evade the intent of the pact.

Answer 7

Kellog-Briand Pact (1928)

Question 8

When the League of Nations criticized this action, Japan withdrew from the League. This marked the first failure of collective security.

Answer 8

Japanese seizure of Manchuria (1931)

Question 9

In a series of meetings, the major powers sought to limit land armaments in the same way that the Washington conference had limited capital ships. However, evading such limitations is much easier with tanks and aircraft than with ships, so no agreement was reached. Adolf Hitler later cited this failure as an excuse to rearm Germany.

Answer 9

Geneva Arms Limitation Conferences (1932-34)