On January 1, 1942, Churchill and Roosevelt issued a
"Declaration" by United Nations
with 24 other states. This marked the beginning of the UN in a real
and tangible form. Yet today many people have forgotten that the UN
was forged in the midst of the confusion and complexity of wartime.
How did the armies of the United Nations co-operate in the final
years of World War II to contain - and ultimately reverse -- Nazi
expansionism? And when and for what purpose did the UN undertake to
tackle the international economic and social challenges, not only
of warfare but of a post-war world transformed beyond
recognition?
Drawing on previously unknown material from the UN archives, Dan
Plesch analyzes responses at all levels of society, from high level
political elites to grass roots level. Arguing that the Allied
defeat of Nazism should properly be called a United Nations
victory, Dan Plesch has pieced together the full story of how the
UN intervened in surprising ways at a pivotal time in European
history. "America, Hitler and the UN" is an important addition to
the literature of World War II and essential reading for anyone
with an interest in military or diplomatic history or contemporary
international relations.
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