100 years after a proposal for a League of Nations was approved at the Paris Peace Conference, an expert sums up its successes, failures.

On Nov. 15, 1920, the first assembly of the League of Nations was called to order in Geneva, Switzerland.

An overview of The League of Nations, an international organization that existed between 1920 and 1946 to promote peace. It was the precursor to the modern United Nations.

Our The League of Nations Poster is a great educational resource that will help you create relevant and engaging History classrooms.

An overview of The League of Nations, an international organization that existed between 1920 and 1946 to promote peace. It was the precursor to the modern United Nations.

One hundred years ago President Woodrow Wilson attempted to prevent another world war, however his own country foiled his plan.

Columbia University history professor Susan Pedersen took the 2015 Cundill Prize in Historical Literature at McGill.

Efforts to destroy a soldier’s psychology are just as important in destroying his body during wartime. Throughout history, propagandists have served the purpose of draining the will of opposing armies. Oftentimes, a country will even employ people from the opposing side’s nation to show that either there is little merit in the enemy’s efforts or that their own side is the just cause. Names such as Tokyo Rose and Lord Haw-Haw are familiar, but these are some of the less known spreaders of propaganda. 10. John Amery John Amery had made his family distraught since he was a child; it

While you’re probably familiar with The Lorax, The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs & Ham, and the dozens of other world-famous Seuss books, there is one…

LIFE.com recalls a chilling Alfred Eisenstaedt photo of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels at a League of Nations conference in 1933.

Former first lady Michelle Obama acknowledged Princeton University, which she attended, for the decision to remove former President Woodrow Wilson's name from its public policy school.

As a new BBC Four documentary examines the story of LIFE magazine, we look back at some of their finest photographs.

Between 1926 and 1932, Elizabeth Craig, a striking American dancer, was the lover and confidante of Louis Destouches, a medical doctor who worked for the League of Nations. At that time, neither of…

With Finland radically reforming the way its children are taught, Richard Garner visits Helsinki to find out if the teachers approve

The most powerful nation in the world is rudderless and leaderless.

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Stockport has so many things to see and do - but how many can you tick off?

Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 3 July 1924: The veteran suffragette Mrs Despard is being honoured at Caxton Hall

The Booker T. Washington-founded organization launched the Black Economic Freedom Movement to help amplify the Black digital business ecosystem.

Republicans moved their convention to Florida, believing it was done with the coronavirus. Heckuva job, guys!

I first came into contact with the illustrations of Frank Netter while in a small used bookstore in New England 25 years ago. They had a copy of “The CIBA Collection Of Medical Illustrations” from 1948. It’s an unassuming looking oversize volume in a blue cover, but contains a wild spin on what I’d always thought was a clinical, cut and dry world that would only be of interest to doctors, surgeons, and medical students. . . Frank H. Netter, M.D. (1906-1991) was a physician, a

‘Strange Bedfellows’ by James Chapin was first published in St. Louis Star Times, some time around 1917. It is reproduced here with the assistance of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum.…

For International Women’s Day 2017, a glimpse of what the workplace was like for women a century ago, in 1917

Co-author of "How Democracies Die" says the GOP is ready to seize power. But they might not be able to keep it

The great Catholic counterrevolutionaries in history fought under the banner of the Sacred Heart. From the Vendeans in France to the Cristeros in Mexico to the Carlists in Spain. And now to the worldwide Traditional Catholic movement. We're very excited to invite friends and allies of The Remnant to become a member of The Remnant League of the Sacred Heart.

Finding essence in a single image is a challenge, yet somehow our photographers manage to do it again and again. This year was no exception as portraits of celebrities, political powerhouses and survivors filled our pages.

The book examines all relevant models which have been employed in settling ethno-territorial conflicts since the time of the League of Nations. Eight of these models have been studied in-depth. The aim of this analysis is to gain expertise and insights that could prove relevant to resolving the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. This potential is evaluated in…

Nazi Leader Gertrud Scholtz-Klink Came To Teach Prunella Stack In London