LAD #32: Kellogg Briand Peace Pact

President Calvin Coolidge, his secretary of state, Frank Kellogg, and the French foreign minister, Briand, passed the Kellogg Briand Peace Pact in 1928.  It depicted war as a rather barbaric solution and claimed that it could not be used as a foreign policy.  In other words, it claimed that war could only be used for defense.  It consisted of three parts, the first saying that war could not be used to solve issues with other countries, the second that all conflicts must be resolved with diplomacy, and the third stating that additional countries who wished to join the treaty could if they so desired.  The terms of this agreement were far too idealistic.  This outrageous request made little splash in the world because of its irrational terms.  Despite this attempt at making a bold statement among the other world powers, Coolidges' presidency proved to be incredibly uneventful, right along with Harding's and Hoover's.