Foreign Affairs

Blog posts about events or people associated with the foreign relations of the United States, including diplomacy, treaties, and wars.

  • The First Trans-African Flight

    The first trans‑African flight of 1920 stands as one of the most revealing technological and political milestones of the early twentieth century. Attempted by General Sir Pierre van Ryneveld and…

  • The Banana Massacre: A Story of Corporate Violence 

    On December 5th, 1928, Colombian laborers and their families gathered at Ciénaga’s train station to negotiate the terms of their strike against the United Fruit Company with the Governor of…

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    Geneva Protocol is Signed

    Overview Going into the 1920s, the world had been shocked by the horrors of World War I due to the gruesome and horrifying nature of the weapons used. This includes…

  • What the 1920s Mean To Me Now

    Now when I think of the 1920s I think of various political shifts and power dynamics that were centuries old change. Following the end of World War One, kingdoms fell…

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    Book Review: County Longford and the Irish Revolution, 1910-1923

    Overview  Marie Coleman is a lecturer in history and a professor of twentieth century Irish history at Queen’s University Belfast. She has written multiple books and journal articles related to…

  • The Treaty of Versailles Goes Into Effect

    January 10, 1920 – The Treaty of Versailles is now in Effect after The Great War After The Great War, now known as World War 1, the League of Nations…

  • The 1920s: The Epilogue of the Great War

    The 1920s began after the most devastating war in human history at the time had ended. World War I was so destructive, horrifying and bloody that it was called “The…

  • Treaty of Lausanne Declaration of Amnesty

    Introduction Otherwise known as Annex VIII, part of the Treaty of Lausanne which ended the Greco-Turkish War, the Declaration of Amnesty addresses the atrocities committed by both sides during the…

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    Book Review: Review of “Recasting Bourgeois Europe”

    Recasting Bourgeois Europe: Stabilization in France, Germany and Italy in the Decade After World War I was written by historian Charles S. Maier and was first published in 1975. This…

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    The Beer Hall Putsch

    Overview Background Adolf Hitler was a German soldier during World War I. After the war, he remained in the army. In he 1919 was ordered to infiltrate a radical right-wing…

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