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 C. Schlesinger.
2003
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Author
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 C. Schlesinger.
Published
Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, [2003]
Copyright
©2003
Call Number
JZ4986 .S358 2003
ISBN
0813333245 (alk. paper)
Description
xviii, 374 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)52520112
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-355) and index.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1
The Takeover
1
2
The League Follies: Wilson and Roosevelt
17
3
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Leo Pasvolsky
33
4
Yalta and Aftermath: Roosevelt's Last Acts
53
5
Truman and Stettinius: The Awkward Alliance
73
6
Secret Agents, Big Powers
93
7
Americanizing the Conference
111
8
The Bitter Trade-Off
127
9
Full-Court Press
143
10
The Amendment Marathon
159
11
Rockefeller's Bounty: The Regional Option
175
12
The Twenty-Three Questions
193
13
The Mission to Moscow
209
14
The Final Battles
227
15
The Fall of Stettinius
245
16
The Ratification Story
263
Epilogue
281
Text of President Truman's Address
289
Charter of the United Nations
295
Notes
323
Bibliography
349
Index
357