The dramatic unfolding of how, against seemingly hopeless odds at
the end of World War II, the most important international
organization in the world, the United Nations, came to be. In Act
of Creation, Stephen C. Schlesinger tells a pivotal and
little-known story of how Secretary of State Edward Stettinius and
the new American President, Harry Truman, picked up the pieces of
the faltering campaign initiated by Franklin Roosevelt to create a
United Nations. Using secret agents, financial resources, and their
unrivaled position of power, they overcame the intrigues of Stalin,
the reservations of wartime allies like Winston Churchill, the
discontent of smaller states, and a skeptical press corps to found
the United Nations. The author reveals how the UN nearly collapsed
several times during the conference over questions of which states
should have power, who should be admitted, and how authority should
be divided among its branches. By shedding new light on leading
participants like John Foster Dulles, John F. Kennedy, Adlai
Stevenson, Nelson Rockefeller, and E. B White, Act of Creation
provides a fascinating tale of twentieth-century history not to be
missed.
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