Rebuilding the postwar order : Peace, security and the un-system / Francine McKenzie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKenzie, Francine, author.

Series:

New approaches to international history.

New approaches to international history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Second World War.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

HTML/PDF

Summary:

Throughout the Second World War, a wide range of people, including political leaders and government officials, experts and armchair internationalists, civil society groups and private citizens talked about and formulated plans to ensure national security and to promote individual well-being in the postwar world. Rebuilding the Postwar Order explains how civil society and governments of the wartime allies conceived of peace and traces the international negotiations and conferences that later resulted in the United Nations system. It adopts a multilateral approach, connects wartime ideas to earlier peacemaking efforts, and reveals support for, as well as resistance and alternatives to, the emerging postwar order. In chapters on the United Nations, UNRRA, the IMF, World Bank and GATT, the FAO and WHO, UNESCO, and human rights, McKenzie explores the tensions between national sovereignty and international responsibility, national security and individual well-being, principles and compromises, morality and power, privilege and justice, all of which influenced the UN system..

Contents:

List of Figures Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction: Winning the War and Winning the Peace 1. First Step on the Road to Peace: The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration 2. National Security Peace: The United Nations Organization 3. Peace and Prosperity: The International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 4. Embodied Peace: The Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Health Organization 5. Peaceful Minds: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 6. Peace and Justice: Human Rights Conclusion: Fighting for Peace Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781474204989

1474204988

9781472525062

147252506X

OCLC:

1356002057