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League of nations - Coggle Diagram

- - - - world government and police force
        
        all major countries to join the league, bind themselves to the League's covenant and disarm
        
        any dispute with another country was to be brought to the league and accept League's decision
        
        members would promise to protect one another if attacked (collective security)
        
        any member who broke the agreement and went to war illegally would have economic sanctions imposed by other members
        
        league would take military action against any aggressor nation.
- - - - Ability to stop aggressor countries
        
        Membership of the league
        
        USA did not join the league due to the policy of isolationism (national policy of avoiding political or economic entanglements with other countries
        
        economic sanctions made it difficult to enforce without USA as they could continue to supply weapons and goods to aggressor countries even if the league imposed military or economic sanctions
        
        military sanctions: US had one of the world's most powerful militaries and without USA from the league made it difficult to take strong action against aggressor countries
        
        USSR was not a member as it was a communist state
        
        Germany was not allowed to join due to its role in WW1
      - concern by other members about the impact of economic sanctions on their economies and were reluctant to stop trading with aggressor countries
      - league was unable to take military actions against aggressor countries as it lacked its own army