Robert Lansing, Woodrow Wilson’s Secretary of State and a member of the American commission at the Paris Peace Conference, sets out his reasons for publishing a personal account. He describes his objections to Wilson’s attending in person, his alternative plans for a League of Nations, and his view that a quick preliminary treaty would have restored peace months earlier.
An insider’s dissent from 1921, essential for anyone studying Versailles and the League. Download the free EPUB.