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United States signs the Kellogg–Briand Pact in Paris

On August 27, 1928 Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg signed the Kellogg–Briand Pact in Paris on behalf of the United States, joining numerous nations in renouncing war as national policy.

United States signs the Kellogg–Briand Pact in Paris

The pact represented a major international effort to outlaw war and shaped interwar diplomacy and later international law, even though it lacked enforcement mechanisms and did not prevent future conflicts.

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