The Versailles Treaty Fight

Besides the Wilsonian internationalists, who wanted the Treaty and Covenant ratified unchanged, there were those who wanted to add so-called reservations to the treaties: conditions to U.S. acceptance and participation in the League that the other signatories would have to accept.
Written by Thomas W. Bottelier. Narration by Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle. A textual version of this video is available at origins.osu.ed.... Video production by Katherine Weiss, Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle, and Laura Seeger.
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