Author | Schlesinger, Stephen C |
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Title | Act of creation : the founding of the United Nations : a story of superpowers, secret agents, wartime allies and enemies, and their quest for a peaceful world / Stephen Schlesinger |
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Imprint |
Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, c2003 |
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Descript |
xviii, 374 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
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CONTENT
The takeover -- The League follies : Wilson and Roosevelt -- The unlikely pilgrimage of Leo Pasvolsky -- Yalta and aftermath : Roosevelt's last acts -- Truman and Stettinius : the awkward alliance -- Secret agents, big powers -- Americanizing the conference -- The bitter trade-off -- Full-court press -- The amendment marathon -- Rockefeller's bounty : the regional option -- The twenty-three questions -- The mission to Moscow -- The final battles -- The fall of Stettinius -- The ratification story
SUBJECT
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United Nations -- History
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Central Library (5th Floor) | 341.2309044 S342A |
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