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Act of Creation
The Founding of the United Nations
By Stephen C. Schlesinger
Westview Press. 352p $27.50
ISBN 0813333245
This engaging and lively historical study weaves personal stories, diplomatic correspondence and other accounts to depict the principal forces that shaped the founding of the United Nations. While the author focuses on a conference held in San Francisco from April to July 1945, he effectively outlines the role played by earlier events, like the failed U.S. acceptance of the League of Nations and the mood favoring international cooperation that the Great Depression and World War II inculcated in American leaders. ...