{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/699e36ed123f974082087563/69a1dd13a9760df1fb9fab1f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Kellogg-Briand Pact – Part 4: From fragile peace to the edge of catastrophe","description":"The ink was barely dry when the world put the Kellogg-Briand Pact to the ultimate test. Would promises hold, or would the old forces of violence and ambition return?\r\n\r\nAt first, there was euphoria. Sixty-two nations had signed. The world’s newspapers declared a new age. But beneath the headlines, the reality was more complex. The pact, lacking teeth, soon faced its first trial. In nineteen thirty-one, Japan invaded Manchuria. The global community, including the League of Nations, responded with words but little action. Japan ignored the protests and withdrew from the League. The Kellogg-Briand Pact had been violated, but there was no punishment.\r\n\r\nLearn more at: https://thetreatyarchive.com/treaty/kellogg-briand-pact","author_name":"The Archive Network"}