As most of the more recent historiography demonstrates (Burgwyn, Mallett 2003, Strang 2003, De Grand 2004, etc.), the Italian aggression on Ethiopia was an open challenge to the great Western powers and to the post-war international order established in Paris in 1919. The research aims to address the topic through the recent availability of the documents of the League of Nations. This by enhancing the new archival documentation and analyzing the position of the Italian government.