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 0813333245, 0813332753

Takeover -- League follies, Wilson and Roosevelt -- Unlikely pilgrimage of Leo Pasvolsky -- Yalta and aftermath, Rooseve

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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
 0813333245, 0813332753

Table of contents :
Takeover --
League follies, Wilson and Roosevelt --
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 --
Bitter trade-off --
Full-court press --
Amendment marathon --
Rockefeller's bounty, the regional option --
Twenty-three questions --
Mission to Moscow --
Final battles --
Fall of Stettinius --
Ratification story.

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