Simply put Europeans and especially the French wanted their pound of flesh. After the ally victory the Europeans were unwilling to accept President Wilson’s concept of “peace without victors or vanquished.”(Book 67) The amount of human death and suffering combined with the vast amount of infrastructure destroyed by WWI created a lasting hostility against the Germans. The Germans were singled out as being responsible for the war atrocities. Therefore, they were forced to give up too much and the German nation fell into uncontrollable economic hardship.
Germany lost vital land holdings in the South Pacific to Japan. They were forced to give up lands in Europe and by doing so the controlling European powers reestablished Poland as a sovereign …show more content…
Senate. The American people had enough of war and did not want to be drawn into any additional or future European conflicts. Therefore, the Senate did not pass Wilson’s plan. However, it should be noted that President Wilson was unwilling to make any compromises nor did he try to drum up any additional support for the League. His political positions may have doomed the passing of the League and eventually forced the hand of future German leadership. Nevertheless, isolationism was a primary concern for Congressional leaders and the republican leaders believed that America should get back to business and focus on domestic issues, while securing repayment of war debt from borrower European nations (Book 69). In Europe, the problem for the League was who was in charge. Who meaning what nations were going to be willing to stand up against any nation that took a hostile position against a member of the League. Old alliances proved difficult to break. The controlling decision making body were two nations England and France. Daniel Brower stated, “the League appeared capable of preventing war, only as long as no great power was involved.(Book
Germany lost vital land holdings in the South Pacific to Japan. They were forced to give up lands in Europe and by doing so the controlling European powers reestablished Poland as a sovereign …show more content…
Senate. The American people had enough of war and did not want to be drawn into any additional or future European conflicts. Therefore, the Senate did not pass Wilson’s plan. However, it should be noted that President Wilson was unwilling to make any compromises nor did he try to drum up any additional support for the League. His political positions may have doomed the passing of the League and eventually forced the hand of future German leadership. Nevertheless, isolationism was a primary concern for Congressional leaders and the republican leaders believed that America should get back to business and focus on domestic issues, while securing repayment of war debt from borrower European nations (Book 69). In Europe, the problem for the League was who was in charge. Who meaning what nations were going to be willing to stand up against any nation that took a hostile position against a member of the League. Old alliances proved difficult to break. The controlling decision making body were two nations England and France. Daniel Brower stated, “the League appeared capable of preventing war, only as long as no great power was involved.(Book