A grand strategy of peace

Britain and the creation of the United Nations Organization, 1939-1945

Andrew Ehrhardt

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Year: 2025
• Print ISBN: 9781526183378
• eBook ISBN: 9781526183361
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Modern British History
• Index: Politics & International Relations

A grand strategy of peace is the first detailed account of Britain's role in the creation of the United Nations Organization during the Second World War. As a work of traditional diplomatic history that brings in elements of intellectual history, the book describes how British officials, diplomats, politicians, and writers – previously seen to be secondary actors to the United States in this period – thought about, planned for, and helped to establish a future international order. While in the present day, many scholars and analysts have returned to the origins of the post- 1945 international system, this book offers an exhaustive account of how the statesmen and more importantly, the officials working below the statesmen, actually conceived of and worked to establish a post-war world order.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title
• Series
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Introduction
• 1 The search for British war aims, September 1939–December 1940
• 2 The foundations of an Anglo-American order, 1941
• 3 Concert of the World, 1942
• 4 The United Nations Plan, January–July 1943
• 5 The balancing act of a great power peace: the Moscow conference, Anglo-Soviet relations, and the balance of power, August–December 1943
• 6 Making the machine: planning for the Dumbarton Oaks Conference, January–July 1944
• 7 Delivering on the plans: the Dumbarton Oaks Conference, the veto question, and a Western Security Group, August 1944–January 1945
• 8 The final push: the Yalta and San Francisco conferences, February–June 1945
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Index