This covenant describes the operational workings of the League. Article Ten obliges signatories to guarantee the political independence and territorial integrity of all member nations against ...

After a political deadlock, the treaty was defeated and the U.S. never joined. Thirty-two nation-states did, however, and the League of Nations launched in 1920. By then, the organization was doomed.

The Treaty of Versailles, with its covenant establishing the League of Nations, was signed in France ... the territorial integrity and existing political independence of all Members of the League.’ ...

This covenant describes the operational workings of the League. Article Ten obliges signatories to guarantee the political independence and territorial integrity of all member nations against ...