A History of the United Nations : Volume 1: The Years of Western Domination, 1945-1955

This, the first volume of a major work, describes the establishment of the United Nations, the controversies and debates within the organization and the political factors surrounding these during the first ten years of its life. Front Matter....Pages i-viii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Lessons of the League....Pages 3-16 The Planning of the Charter....Pages 17-36 The San Francisco Conference....Pages 37-68 The Setting up of the New Organisation....Pages 69-85 The Birth of a New Security System....Pages 86-90 Front Matter....Pages 91-91 The Negotiations for a Security Council Force....Pages 93-105 Azerbaijan and the Levant....Pages 106-117 Greece....Pages 118-131 Indonesia....Pages 132-159 Palestine....Pages 160-189 Round One in the Middle East: the Arab-Israeli War of 1948....Pages 190-208 Trouble Spots in Europe....Pages 209-228 The Korean War....Pages 229-274 Kashmir....Pages 275-294 Guatemala....Pages 295-301 Some Far Eastern Affairs....Pages 302-320 Disarmament....Pages 321-342 The Secretary-General and the Secretariat....Pages 343-360 Membership Disputes....Pages 361-372 Conclusions: the First Decade....Pages 373-383 Back Matter....Pages 384-404