| Description |
xviii, 374 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
"In Act of Creation, Stephen C. Schlesinger tells a pivotal and little known story of how Secretary of State Edward Stettinius and the new American President, Harry Truman, picked up the pieces of the faltering campaign initiated by Franklin Roosevelt to create a "United Nations." Using secret agents, financial resources, and their unrivaled position of power, they overcame the intrigues of Stalin, the reservations of wartime allies like Winston Churchill, the discontent of smaller states, and a skeptical press corps to found the United Nations. The author reveals how the U.N. nearly collapsed several times during the conference over questions of which states should have power, who should be admitted, and how authority should be divided among its branches. By shedding new light on leading participants like John Foster Dulles, John F. Kennedy, Adlai Stevenson, Nelson Rockefeller, and E.B |
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White, Act of Creation provides a tale of twentieth-century history not to be missed."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-355) and index |
| Subject |
United Nations -- History.
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| SUBJECT |
United Nations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98000836 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| LC no. |
2003014600 |
| ISBN |
0813333245 hardback alkaline paper |
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