United Nations

I think that Wilson's hopes for a more peaceful world through creation of a League of Nations was just ahead of its time. The United States was just too afraid of European conflict to actually get involved, and the Allied European nations were too scared of causing World War II to actually do anything about Germany's blatant disregard for its post-World War I treaties. However, this concept of a League of Nations wasn't a bad idea- it just didn't work in its time. The United Nations that developed after World War II was essentially the same thing as the League of Nations. The only difference was that it was part of a time that was better for such a concept. The United Nations kept a nuclear war from occuring, especially during events such as the Cuban Missile Crisis. In fact, if it wasn't for Wilson's creation of the League of Nations, the United States and Soviet Russia might not have been able to fix their problems, and a nuclear war could have started.