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Podcast: This Day (An America 250 History Show)
Episode: A Global Anti-War (Or Is It Pro-Peace?) Pact (1928)
Description: Come to our first ever live show! In Boston, on Friday, September 13th. Tickets are available now!It's August 25th. This day in 1928, representatives from the major world powers sign on to a treaty that states that promised to not use war to "resolve disputes or conflicts of whatever nature... or of whatever origin."Jody, NIki, and Kellie discuss the Kellogg-Briand treaty, why there was such a thirst to outlaw war in the wake of WWI, and why the treaty ultimately failed. Plus: Why do we not hear the language of peace as much as...