Weakness in League of Nations Flashcards
Membership problem
USA , USSR and Germany were not members
England and France had leadership but they were interested in looking after own empires
This meant League lacked leadership bc USA didn’t want to partake in international affairs-isolationism.
State another weakness
League didn’t have an army
How could League enforce its will?
Economic sanctions would only work if non league countries also didi’t supply goods but that was risky.
Organisation problem
Made up by Council.Each member had right to veto -vote against it could stop action being made.
If any member disagreed with another member -they could negotiate but they only met
Once a year
all decisions had to be unanimous
This made decision making very slow
Why didnt Russia join the LoN?
After C revolution in 1917 - became C country
Forming alliance with them would be hypocritical and reject their C principals, those countries referred to as ‘
‘imperialist,capitalist’ countries.
