The League of Nations failed because of few reasons. As quoted from Planet Papers (http://www.planetpapers.com/Assets/3140.php), its main reasons for the failure are: *Absence of important countries especially USA *Inaction of the League (eg. Abyssinian Crisis) because of the self-interest of its members. The League of Nations inaction is being repeated by the United Nations (UN). This can be seen from the recent Iraqi War. The United States had bypassed the …showed first 75 words of 952 total…

…showed last 75 words of 952 total…through the continued work of concerned people around the globe. However, we must never be too optimistic. As seen from the poem at the end of this (The League of Nations by Henri Lawson), when the League of Nations was formed, there was optimism, but years later, war broke out and it failed. There was also optimism when the UN was set up, but we must never be too happy, or history may repeat itself.