Critical Debate Topic : Why was the League of Nations unable to ensure World peace? Following points can be discussed in the debate: a. Dominated by European people. b.
Fails to oppose racial discrimination c. Britain, France, Italy and Japan dominated the League. However, neither country was interested in engaging in potentially costly conflicts in Africa or Asia. The League expelled the Soviet Union in , and it was known widely that the League had failed and did not become what President Woodrow Wilson had hoped as a ‘definite guarantee of Peace’.
Nevertheless, the onset of the Second World War made it clear there was a definite need for an international Organisation that would safeguard the world from yet another world war in the future. It was also unanimously that agreed that that a repetition of the League of Nations could not be allowed.