Capital of the World: The Race to Host the United Nations

by Charlene Mires

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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. But what would it look like, and where would it be? Without invitation, civic boosters in every region of the United States leapt at the prospect of...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0814707947

ISBN13:9780814707944

Release Date:March 2013

Publisher:New York University Press

Length:328 Pages

Weight:0.15 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

Diplomacy History Intergovernmental Organizations Law Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences

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