stimson thanks is is a brilliant idea. it's great because we don't have to go to war -- thinks -- we are in an economic recession leading to depression and the last thing we want to do is send troops halfway around the world, and this seems like an easy solution. so he issues these notes to japan and china saying we're not going to recognize the seizure. this becomes known as the stimson doctrine, first time nonrecognition is used to enforce law in the world. that's just one instance of the working out of these ideas. so that is, that first step is the first step to unraveling conquest. so escott really set in the old world order, war was legal because war was legal conquest of legal because if you did go to war to right wrongs you could take territory and make it yours as compensation. so now interesting world where war is a longer legal, there to unravel conquest. the way to unravel conquest is to say will not recognize the seizure you have taken. eventually it's going to have to be reversed and effect after world war ii