Was the ‘Liberal Internationalism’ espoused in 1919 destined to fail or merely a concept ahead of its time.

... Evolution of the International System Liberal Internationalism Was the 'Liberal Internationalism' espoused in 1919 destined to fail or merely a concept ahead of its time. With the benefit of hindsight, it does seem that the conditions in 1919 were so unstable that there was never a chance that the newly coined 'liberal internationalism' was going to success. This is not necessarily true however as there was a genuine consensus for change in the aftermath of the First World War and had the United States ratified the Treaty of Versailles and not taken such an isolationist stance on international economics and politics, the ideas of the time, particularly those of Woodrow Wilson could have had a chance. As it was, the plethora of underlying weaknesses in the economic and political international system coupled with the fact that liberal internationalism was essentially too advanced for the post war period, caused the collapse of the international

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