...This chapter illustrates how Zionism achieved international recognition and legitimacy on the eve of Britain's conquest of Palestine, paving the way for the expansion and development of the Jewish community in Palestine, the Yishuv. The Covenant of the League of Nations reiterated the Balfour...

...This chapter addresses the question of cultural identity and cultural minorities, particularly the state's proper relationship to the values associated with Christianity and Judaism—the two main religions represented among the nation's population. As a precondition of entry to the League of Nations...

...This chapter focuses on the Children's Bureau under Grace Abbott's tenure as second chief. When Abbott assumed office in August 1921, the bureau and its goals faced intense hostility. The bitter dispute over the proposed membership of the United States in the League of Nations, the Bolshevik...

...This chapter describes Ukraine's struggle for independence from 1917, as well as events that influenced the creation of an independent republic. The League of Nations had divided Ukraine into four states under Russia, Poland, Romania, and Czechoslovakia. Despite this division, the Ukrainians tried...

...On May 28, 1928, Mary P. Follett set sail for Europe to study the functioning of the League of Nations in Switzerland. She also visited the International Management Institute, an organization founded in 1927 and whose founding vice-chairman was Henry S. Dennison. In September of that year, Follett...