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LEADER: 01749cam a22002894a 4500
001 2003014600
003 DLC
005 20110427081709.0
008 030624s2003 coua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2003014600
020 $a0813333245 (hbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a9780813332758
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aJZ4986$b.S358 2003
082 00 $a341.23/09/044$221
100 1 $aSchlesinger, Stephen C.
245 10 $aAct of creation :$bthe founding of the United Nations : a story of superpowers, secret agents, wartime allies and enemies, and their quest for a peaceful world /$cStephen C. Schlesinger.
260 $aBoulder, Colo. :$bWestview Press,$cc2003.
300 $axviii, 374 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 349-355) and index.
505 0 $aThe 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.
610 20 $aUnited Nations$xHistory.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip046/2003014600.html
856 42 $3Book review (H-Net)$uhttp://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0e3w5-aa
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0833/2003014600-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0833/2003014600-d.html