Creating the United Nations
An International History of a World Organization
Creating the United Nations
An International History of a World Organization
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Description
80 years on from the creation of the United Nations during WWII, this book offers the first international history of its establishment. Often thought as the brainchild of the United States, Andrew Erhardt shows that it was instead the result of international collaboration between a number of nation states, non-government organizations and individuals determined to build a world organization that might keep the peace in a war-torn world.
As scholars, analysts and leading statesmen question whether the UN, and international organizations more broadly, remain fit for purpose in our 21st century world, Creating the United Nations takes us back to the beginning, to understand its original purpose, genesis and ultimate design. Only with this historical understanding – one that shines light on the central as well as the forgotten voices – can we begin to discuss how the United Nations might be reformed, to assess whether new forms of regional and international organisation are needed to address recurrent and new challenges, and to examine how such systems might be brought into existence.
Table of Contents
1. The Development of Internationalism in the 19th and early 20th centuries
2. The Experience of the League of Nations in the 1920s and 1930s
3. Early Activism and Planning for a Post-war Organisation during WWII, 1937-40
4. The St James' Declaration, the Atlantic Charter, and the United Nations Declaration, 1941
5. Ongoing International Activism and Official Planning for a Post-war Organisation, 1941-44
6. Different Perspectives of the Dumbarton Oaks Conference, 1944-45
7. A Meeting of Great and Small: The San Francisco Conference, April-June 1945
8. Early Challenges of a Universal Organization, 1946 -1948
Conclusion: The Legacy of the United Nations and its Future in an Age of International Transition
Product details
| Published | 15 Oct 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 256 |
| ISBN | 9781350521582 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Series | New Approaches to International History |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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