ABSTRACT
Whatever the subsequent opinion of Switzerland’s entry into the League of Nations may be, one thing is certain. After the great perils of the war years, the participation in the international peace organization offered the small state of Switzerland the much-desired sense of security which it had so painfully missed in its voluntary isolation. That it was possible to contribute to the international policy of collective security while still preserving and realizing Swiss interests is due primarily to the federal structure of the Swiss state, which in certain aspects represents a miniature League of Nations and therefore has several vital interests in common with it.
