Act of Creation

The Founding of the United Nations

By: Stephen Schlesinger

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Paperback | 1 December 2004 | Edition Number 1

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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 UN 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 White, Act of Creation provides a fascinating tale of twentieth-century history not to be missed.

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"'[Schlesinger's] detailed account of the scheming, skullduggery and political horse-trading behind the creation of the UN is a timely reminder of what the organization's founders expected it to become'. The Economist"

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Non-Fiction Politics & Government International Relations Diplomacy International Institutions United Nations & UN Agencies History General & World History Central Government Earliest Times to Present Day

Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Takeover	p. 1
The League Follies: Wilson and Roosevelt	p. 17
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Leo Pasvolsky	p. 33
Yalta and Aftermath: Roosevelt's Last Acts	p. 53
Truman and Stettinius: The Awkward Alliance	p. 73
Secret Agents, Big Powers	p. 93
Americanizing the Conference	p. 111
The Bitter Trade-Off	p. 127
Full-Court Press	p. 143
The Amendment Marathon	p. 159
Rockefeller's Bounty: The Regional Option	p. 175
The Twenty-Three Questions	p. 193
The Mission to Moscow	p. 209
The Final Battles	p. 227
The Fall of Stettinius	p. 245
The Ratification Story	p. 263
Epilogue	p. 281
Text of President Truman's Address	p. 289
Charter of the United Nations	p. 295
Notes	p. 323
Bibliography	p. 349
Index	p. 357
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