Episode notes
Forged in the fires of the First World War, collective security was a new idea to manage geopolitics advocated by the US President Woodrow Wilson. Promoted as a way to stabilise international relations its suporters claimed that that the world would be safer and the tragedy of future world crisis could be avoided. This first part focusses on its orgins and competition with significant exploration of the Versailles Peace Conference in 1919.
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Keywords
HistoryWorld War 1Versailles Peace ConferenceParis 1919Collective SecurityUS Foreign PolicyWoodrow WilsonBalance of Power