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.
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TextPublication details: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, c2003.Description: xviii, 374 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: - 0813333245 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780813332758
- 341.23/09/044Â 21
- JZ4986Â .S358 2003
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-355) and index.
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.
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