Capital of the world : the race to host the United Nations

Capital of the world the race to host the United Nations

From 1944 to 1946, as the world pivoted from the Second World War to an unsteady peace, Americans in more than two hundred cities and towns mobilized to chase an implausible dream. The newly-created United Nations needed a meeting place, a central place for global diplomacy—a Capital of the World. B...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Mires, Charlene, author (author), Mires, Charlene (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press 2013.
New York, NY : [2013]
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
United Nations > Headquarters.
HISTORY / United States / General.
New York (N.Y.) > Buildings, structures, etc.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009809029206719
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. From war to peace
  • pt. II. The new world
  • pt. III. American dreams.

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