Capital of the world : : the race to host the United Nations / / Charlene Mires.
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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Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- pt. I. From war to peace
- pt. II. The new world
- pt. III. American dreams.