About this title: The dramatic unfolding of how, against seemingly hopeless odds at the end of World War II, the most important international organization in the world, the United Nations, came to be The 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 shattered 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 ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: 09/2003
ISBN-13:9780813333243ISBN:0813333245
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 392 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
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Edition: First edition. Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780813333243ISBN:0813333245
Description: Very good in fine dust jacket. Previous owner was a smoker, else as fine. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 392 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
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Description: Westview-Perseus 2003. A story of superpowers, secret agents, wartime allies and enemies, and their quest for a peaceful world. Fine Condition, This Copy. All books in VG or better condition. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: 9/17/2003
ISBN-13:9780813333243ISBN:0813333245
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Description: First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. 374 pp. Photographs, notes, bibliography, index. Tiny soil mark on spine of jacket otherwise Fine/Fine. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: 2004-12-13
ISBN-13:9780813332758ISBN:0813332753
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780813332758ISBN:0813332753
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"Interesting to find out what happened in the beginnings of the United Nations, an organization that I've taken for granted until I read this book. A little more detail about the process than I wanted, but still a good read."
"Great account of how negotiation is done and decisions are made. It's a bit difficult to establish the chronology at times, as there is quite a bit of back-and-forth. Also, although the book is not meant to be an evaluation of the UN or its Charter, Schlesinger is unabashedly in love with the UN exactly as it is, and thus belittles its critics then and now without any analysis of their criticisms. I found some of the most powerful moments in the book to be toward the end, as the Charter was being signed and then ratified. Schlesinger places the reader in the moment, and it was an amazing moment."
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