World War I And US Policy

Despite the very important aims of both the League of Nations and the Treaty of Versailles, it is unusual that the United States of America which was one of the countries who urged the creation of the League of Nations, was also the country who rejected the League of Nations and in turn, failed to ratify the Treaty of Versailles. Hence, in understanding World History, it is important to know what led the United States to such an action despite having initiated international peace and the reasons behind such rejection. The League of Nations was said to be an organization for international cooperation established at the initiative of the victorious Allied Powers after World War I. Hence, to keep another destructive world conflict from happening, countries such as the United States and Britain formed this body to maintain order and peace among nations. Along with the creation of this body is a covenant called Treaty of Versailles. The Treaty of Versailles was said to be a peace document signed at the end of World War I by the Allied and by Germany in the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles, France. The treaty was managed by the so-called Big Four or the countries of Britain, France, United States of America and Italy containing some of the controversial agreements among nations including the so-called war guilt clause which made Germany the aggressor in the war and made it responsible for making reparations to the Allied nations for the losses and damages sustained in the war. Also included in the said treaty was a covenant or agreement among the members to guarantee each other independence and territorial integrity.