LEAGUE OF NATIONS - Introduction

League of Nations, and organization for international cooperation established on January 10, 1920, which began at the end of World War I. It was headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and created after the first World War, to provide a forum for international disputes. It was first proposed by President Woodrow Wilson as part of his Fourteen Points Plan for peace in Europe, and the Unites States never became a member. League of Nations was wildly popular, and it was proven that it was difficult to create. Wilson quickly evolved an ambitious foreign policy. It drew upon several durable traditions in U.S. foreign relations, most notably an abiding faith in the superiority of democracy. Wilson's foreign policy was unique in it's own right. Wilson left office never having convinced the United States to join it. It was grounded for the international revulsion against the unprecedented destruction of the First World War, and the understanding of it's origins.