Describe the deficiencies of Britain and France as leaders of the League of Nations
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The league was led by Britain and France, who had both been half destroyed in World War I and were still weak. This meant that they were not willing to stop trading with aggressive countries as their economies were already dire.
Britain and France, both prime movers of the League, suffered from serious economic problems in the 1930s and were reluctant to exert economic pressure on Japan or apply a trade boycott of Japan in case it led to war, which they were ill-equipped to win, especially without American help.
As Thompson states, the League's 'expectations were disappointed' on many fronts, and one of these was the American rejection of its organisation. ... Thus, the League failed not through being over-directed by Britain and France but through a lack of American participation.