D. L. Morrow, The Society of Free States, pp. 137-154;
T. J. Lawrence, The Society of Nations, pp. 33-57;
Ray Stannard Baker, America and World Peace, passim.
Group Problems
1. The idea of a league of nations in history. Ancient Greek leagues. Dante’s De Monarchia. The Great Design of Henry IV. William Penn’s plan. The proposed confederation of Europe after the Napoleonic wars. Kant’s “Everlasting Peace.” The Holy Alliance. The federation of Central America (1824). The Hague Conferences. References: Elizabeth York, Leagues of Nations, Ancient, Mediaeval, and Modern, pp. 114-179 (see also Bibliography, pp. 331-337); William Ladd, The Peace of Europe, pp. 1-11; W. A. Phillips, The Confederation of Europe, pp. 145-156; F. C. Hicks, The New World Order, pp. 66-78; J. H. Choate, The Two Hague Conferences, pp. 3-44; D. L. Morrow, The Society of Free States, pp. 12-32.
2. A study of the merits and faults of the Covenant. References: Senate Debates during the period June 2 to October 6, 1919, in Congressional Record (66th Congress, 1st Session, Vol. 58), For the League: Senator Swanson, of Virginia (pp. 2532-2542), Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska (pp. 6403-6427); Against the League: Senator Johnson, of California (pp. 501-509), Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts (pp. 3778-3784).
Short Studies
1. The League of Nations and American ideals. A. H. Snow, The American Philosophy of Government, pp. 155-172.
2. The League of Nations and American interests. Otto H. Kahn, Our Economic Problems, pp. 354-367.
3. The League and the Monroe Doctrine. S. P. Duggan, The League of Nations, pp. 273-303; Annals of American Academy of Political and Social Science, The Place of the United States in a World Organization for the Maintenance of Peace (July, 1921), pp. 31-44.