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Kellogg-Briand Pact - brēäNˈ, agreement, signed Aug. 27, 1928, condemning "recourse to war for the solution of international controversies." It is more properly known as the Pact of Paris. In June, 1927, Aristide Briand, foreign minister of France, proposed to the U.S. government a treaty outlawing war between the two countries. Frank B. Kellogg, the U.S. Secretary of State, returned a proposal for a general pact against war, and after prolonged negotiations the Pact of Paris was signed by 15 nations—Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, the Irish Free State, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa, and the United States. The contracting parties agreed that settlement of all conflicts, no matter of what origin or nature, that might arise among them should be sought only by pacific means and that war was to be renounced as an instrument of national policy. Although 62 nations ultimately ratified the pact, its effectiveness was vitiated by its failure to provide measures of enforcement. The Kellogg-Briand Pact was given an unenthusiastic reception by many countries. The U.S. Senate, ratifying the treaty with only one dissenting vote, still insisted that there must be no curtailment of America's right of self-defense and that the United States was not compelled to take action against countries that broke the treaty. The pact never made a meaningful contribution to international order, although it was invoked in 1929 with some success, when China and the USSR reached a tense moment over possession of the Chinese Eastern RR in Manchuria. Ultimately, however, the pact proved to be meaningless, especially with the practice of waging undeclared wars in the 1930s (e.g., the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931, the Italian invasion of Ethiopia in 1935, and the German occupation of Austria in 1938).

See R. H. Ferrell, Peace in Their Time (1952, repr. 1968).

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International Law and the Use of Force by States ("The Covenant of the League of Nations, the Kellogg-Briand Pact, and Problems of Transition" begins on p. 217) » Read Now
by Ian Brownlie. 532 pgs.

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The most authoritative work in the field, this classic study is once again available. Professor Brownlie has confined himself to the pursuit, on historic lines, of an estimation of the extent of legal prohibition of the use of force by states. He includes the deliberations and findings of political...
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The most authoritative work in the field, this classic study is once again available. Professor Brownlie has confined himself to the pursuit, on historic lines, of an estimation of the extent of legal prohibition of the use of force by states. He includes the deliberations and findings of political organs of the League of Nations and the United Nations, as well as a study of the quality of prohibition of force, making some indication of relevant corollaries.
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The American Secretaries of State and Their Diplomacy (Chap. Five "The Kellogg-Briand Pact of Paris") » Read Now
by Samuel Flagg Bemis, Robert H. Ferrell. 360 pgs.

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...successes. His major work, which his biographer would describe as "the crown and consummation of his labors," was a great multilateral peace pact, concluded in 1928, which...
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The Right of Conquest: The Acquisition of Territory by Force in International Law and Practice ("The Kellogg--Briand Pact, 1928" begins on p. 192) » Read Now
by Sharon Korman. 344 pgs.

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This is an enquiry into the place of the right of conquest in international relations since the early sixteenth century, and the causes and consequences of its demise in the twentieth century. It was a recognized principle of international law until the early years of this century that a state that...
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This is an enquiry into the place of the right of conquest in international relations since the early sixteenth century, and the causes and consequences of its demise in the twentieth century. It was a recognized principle of international law until the early years of this century that a state that emerges victorious in a war is entitled to claim sovereignty over territory which it has taken possession. Sharon Korman shows how the First World War--which led to the rise of self-determination and to calls for the prohibition of way--prompted the reconstruction of international law and the consequent abolition of the title by conquest. her conclusion, which highglights the merits and degects of the modern law as a vehicle for discouraging war by denying the title to the conqueror, challenges many of the assumptions that have come to constitute part of the conventional wisdom of our times. This is a study, not of international law narrowly conceived, but of the place of a changing legal principle in international history and the contemporary world.
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International Government ("The Peace Pact of Paris" begins on p. 587) » Read Now
by Edmund C. Mower. 736 pgs.

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...International Organization 3rd Ed., 1928 , 13. The World War brought the nations...tragic situation. The universal rupture of normal international relations incident...the...
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The Outlawry of War: A Series of Lectures Delivered before the Academy of International Law at the Hague and in the Institut Universitaire de Hautes Aetudes Internationales at Geneva ("The Kellogg Plan for a World Peace Pact" begins on p. 63) » Read Now
by Hans Wehberg, Edwin H. Zeydel. 149 pgs.

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...treaty of June 23, 1928 78 8. The contents of the Kellogg Pact 80...5. The Kellogg Pact of August 27, 1928 134...Washington, 1928. Shotwell James T., "The Pact of Paris...
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Democracies at the Turning Point: Britain, France, and the End of the Postwar Order, 1928-1933 ("The Kellogg-Briand Pact" begins on p. 32) » Read Now
by Maarten L. Pereboom. 242 pgs.

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War, Aggression and Self-Defense (Chap. 4 "The Contemporary Prohibition of the Use of Inter-State Force") » Read Now
by Yoram Dinstein. 300 pgs.

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Yoram Dinstein's seminal textbook is an essential guide to the legal issues of war and peace, armed attack, self-defence and enforcement measures taken under the aegis of the Security Council. This fourth edition incorporates new material on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, response to armed...
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Yoram Dinstein's seminal textbook is an essential guide to the legal issues of war and peace, armed attack, self-defence and enforcement measures taken under the aegis of the Security Council. This fourth edition incorporates new material on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, response to armed attacks by terrorists, recent resolutions adopted by the Security Council, and the latest pronouncements of the International Court of Justice. In addition, several new sections consider consent by States to the use of force (as expressed either ad hoc or by treaty); an armed attack by non-State actors; the various phases in the Gulf War up to the occupation of Iraq in 2003 and beyond; and immunities from jurisdiction.
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Toward an Entangling Alliance: American Isolationism, Internationalism, and Europe, 1901-1950 ("The Kellogg-Briand Pact" begins on p. 47) » Read Now
by Ronald E. Powaski. 298 pgs.

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Powaski's study analyzes why the United States, conceived with a dedication to peace, individual freedom, and opportunity, pursued a policy of political and military isolationism toward Europe, and how the upheavals of the 20th century necessitated the abandonment of this policy by 1950. A...
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Powaski's study analyzes why the United States, conceived with a dedication to peace, individual freedom, and opportunity, pursued a policy of political and military isolationism toward Europe, and how the upheavals of the 20th century necessitated the abandonment of this policy by 1950. A chronological approach to the topic identifies the origins of isolationism in colonial idealism, and traces the factors, events, and personalities which forced the United States to reevaluate its international position and ultimately reaffirm its original ideals through continuing involvement in world peace organizations.
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