The Bulletin of the Loudoun County Historical Society, Volume IV, 1965Various
History
The Bulletin of the Loudoun County Historical Society, Volume IV, 1965
Various
Loudoun County (Va.) -- History
For over a year we surveyed and analyzed modern treaty experience,
particularly looking at instances of violations of treaties, and
enforcement measures that were taken, or that could have been taken, in
response to these violations. We gave special attention to the
enforcement (and non-enforcement) of the Treaty of Versailles; to
sanctions and treaty enforcement experience of international
organizations like the League of Nations, the Organization of American
States, and the United Nations; and to the details of experience in
negotiating and enforcing agreements with the Communists since World War
II, such as those dealing with access rights to Berlin, the Geneva
Conferences of 1954 and 1961 on Southeast Asia, and the Korean
Armistice.
We were very pleased with the results of this study, and we understand
that the Arms Control Agency was, also. We demonstrated how our
Government may profit from its own experience and from that of others in
the fields of treaty negotiation and enforcement.
Perhaps the most significant study we have done to date, and the one
which gives promise of having the greatest impact upon policy makers, is
one which we completed for the Army last fall, entitled “Historical
Trends Related to Weapon Lethality.” The purpose of the study was to
provide useful insights to men who are trying to develop new doctrines,
and new organizations, for the most efficient possible employment of the
terribly destructive new weapons which are available to the Army today.
In the process we surveyed the history of weapons development from the
Fourth Century B. C. to the end of the Korean War.
This comprehensive survey provided us with a formidable mass of data on
weapon experience in the history of war. We grouped related facts
according to novel schemes of classification and analysis, and then
tried to ascertain what these groupings meant. From this we derived a
number of most interesting conclusions. Let me mention a few:
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