The first United Nations: "a tragedy of disappointment": after World War I, President Wilson helped create the League of Nations to avoid future wars. Then the U.S. all but doomed it. (times past).(history of the League of Nations)

From: New York Times Upfront | Date: May 9, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

The USS George Washington neared the French coast by mid-December 1918. World War I was over--at least the shooting part. Now U.S. President Woodrow Wilson was sailing to the peace conference with dreams of how to avoid future worldwide conflicts.

At the heart of his hopes was the idea for a new international organization, which would become the League of Nations. Wilson and others pictured a diplomatic body that could defuse wars before they erupted. But Wilson's idealism would have to overcome his allies' intense desires to make Germany pay clearly for its aggression--and ...

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