The League of Nations and its Failed Attempt to Assume Responsibility for Investigating Atrocities in the Ottoman Empire

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Brief Overview

Following World War I and the outbreak of the Greco-Turkish war in the Ottoman Empire, this paper analyzes the attempt by the League of Nations to assume responsibility for investigating atrocities and how this effort ultimately failed.

Author

• Amy E. Grubb, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach