UID:
kobvindex_HPB827947211
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9780814708354
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0814708358
Content:
An account of the enthusiastic effort to establish a home for the fledgling United Nations at the end of World War II. The author creates a powerful sense of suspense as she describes the intense competition among boosters from New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and even the Black Hills of South Dakota. In lively prose, she captures the contradictory visions of the "Capital of the World" that persisted from beginning to end. This book tells the dramatic, surprising, and at times comic story of hometown promoters in pursuit of an extraordinary prize and the diplomats who struggled with the balance of power at a pivotal moment in history.
Note:
FROM WAR TO PEACE.
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Inspiration ;
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Hope ;
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Schemes --
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NEW WORLD.
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Blitz ;
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Showtime! ;
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Surprise --
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AMERICAN DREAMS.
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Stumble ;
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Scramble ;
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Deal.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Mires, Charlene. Capital of the world. New York : New York University Press, [2013] ISBN 9780814707944
Language:
English
URL:
NYU Press Open Square
