The Kellogg-Briand Pact: The Aspiration for Global Peace and Security

President Coolidge signing the Kellogg-Briand Pact into law on January 17, 1929, after Senate ratification. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress.

August 27, 1928, the signing of the Kellogg-Briand Pact. The United States and France drafted the treaty, officially known as the General Treaty for Renunciation of War as an Instrument of National Policy, in the decade following the end of World War I.

This historic treaty pursued the lofty goal of ending war. While the treaty was ultimately unsuccessful in eliminating war, it set a global precedent for peace.

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