LAD #32

Kellogg Briand Peace Pact



In 1928, the Kellogg Briand Peace Pact which was also known as the Pact of Paris, was signed which would outlaw war. It was put into place for the purpose of preventing another World War like WWII. This being said, it did not have much of an effect on the militarism that was greatly increasing up to the second world war which was not prevented unfortunately. This pact was created to help the United States stay away from another war, so after going through several options, outlawing war sounded the most foolproof. Men that were involved in this such as Carnegie, Butler and Shotwell wanted international peace. Therefore, they created this agreement between America and France to outlaw war between them. However, Kellogg was nervous about this proposal to France; he worried that the agreement could be somewhat misleading like a sort of alliance which was not what we wanted. And so, they invited all other nations to participate. Most nations liked this pact and were willing to sign immediately, 15 signed first followed by 47 more later on. The pact was a success but the US made it clear that if this was broken by any one nation against us then self-defense would be a given right. In the end, the Kellogg Briand Pact did little in preventing WWII. However, Frank Kellogg did earn the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts.