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Critically examine: “The ineffectiveness of the League of Nations to prevent or to check Japanese aggression against China was the first serious blow to its prestige as an agency for providing security.”

  • UPSC 2019
  • World Wars

The statement makes two distinct claims that a critical answer must separate: that Manchuria (1931-33) was the first serious blow to League prestige, and that what was damaged was specifically the League's prestige as a security agency.

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  • Testing "First": Earlier Setbacks Before Manchuria
  • What Made Manchuria Different in Degree
  • Interrogating the "Prestige" Framing
  • Consequences Traced Forward

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