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Author Schlesinger, Stephen C.

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.

Publication Info. Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, [2003]
©2003

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  341.23 SCHLESINGER    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  341.23 SCHLESINGER    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  341.23 SC    Check Shelf
Description xviii, 374 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-355) and index.
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.
Subject United Nations -- History.
ISBN 0813333245 hardback alkaline paper
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