The Weakness of Peace Treaties Is that They Tend to Address the Past War Rather than the Future Peace

The transition from full out total war to peace was for many people and even countries very tumultuous. Many millions of families had lost sons and husbands and countries had lost many millions of workers. Mostly all of the war belligerents were in economic devastation except for the USA who saw a great economic boom during the early and middle 20's due to the enormous amounts of money Britain and France owed them from during the war.
The post war period after WWI (1914-1919) was a time full of treaties and pacts. The most famous post war treaty is the one that took place in Versailles 1919. The leaders of the four "war victors" were all present at this treaty, including W. Wilson, president of the USA, D. Lloyd George, PM of Britain, Clemenceau, PM of France and Orlando, PM of Italy. Many people argue that Versailles was a Carthaginian treaty, that it
destroyed the German economy and Germany as a country. …