Explain why the United States failed to approve the Treaty of Versailles, and discuss how this impacted the future of world relations.

When contemplating the reason (s) for the failure of the United States to approve the Treaty of Versailles, appended to which was The Covenant of the League of Nations, one needs to keep in mind the provision of the United States Constitution pertaining to international treaties. The authors of the constitution were very concerned about establishing a form of government that would be exceedingly unlikely to devolve into a dictatorship.