In the Beginning: Secretary-General Trygve Lie and the Establishment of the United Nations

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In the Beginning: Secretary-General Trygve Lie and the Establishment of the United Nations
Copyright information
Dedication
Table of contents
List of Photographs
List of abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
	The argument and contributions
	Theoretical approach and sources
	Book outline
1 Setting the Stage: The Creation of the UN and Expectations for the Role of the UN Secretary-General
	Introduction
	Earlier models: the League of Nations and International Labour Organization
	Wartime planning
	The San Francisco conference and the Preparatory Commission
	The election of Trygve Lie as the first UN secretary-general
	Conclusion
2 Establishing Precedents: The Iranian Crisis, UN Membership and the Greek Civil War, 1946
	Introduction
	The Iranian crisis at the United Nations, January–April 1946
	Lie’s legal memorandum, April 1946
	Changes to the Security Council rules of procedure, May 1946
	Lie’s statement on UN membership, August 1946
	The right to appoint investigative committees, September 1946
	Conclusion
3 Urging Forceful Action: ‘The Palestine Problem’ and Management of Regional Conflicts, 1947–49
	Introduction
	Deciding what to do with Palestine, February–November 1947
	Implementing the partition of Palestine, December 1947–February 1948
	Picking a fight with the US, February–April 1948
	Persuading the Security Council to take forceful action, May 1948
	Recruiting a UN armed guard, summer 1948
	Conclusion
4 Building Bridges: The Cold War from Berlin to Korea, 1947–50
	Introduction
	Lie’s ‘Cold War’ strategy
	The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, 1947
	The Berlin Blockade, 1948–49
	The outbreak of the Korean War, 1950
	Conclusion
5 Advocating Global Interests: Trygve Lie’s Peace Plan, 1950
	Introduction
	Background: the Cold War in 1950
	‘A twenty-year program to win peace through the United Nations’, March–June 1950
	Lie’s peace tour
	Aftermath and Lie’s re-appointment
	Conclusion
6 Administering the International: The International Civil Service and the UN Secretariat, 1946–53
	Introduction
	Staffing the Secretariat
	Organization and leadership in the Secretariat
	Finding headquarters
	The International Civil Service under attack from McCarthyism
	Lie’s resignation from office, 1952
	Conclusion
Conclusion
	Political expansion, administrative contraction
	Beyond Lie: the later development of the office
	Institutions and individuals
Appendix: UN Charter, Chapter XV: The Secretariat
	Article 97
	Article 98
	Article 99
	Article 100
	Article 101
Notes
References
	Archival collections
	Columbia University, New York
	The National Archives of Norway, Oslo (NAN)
	The National Library of Norway, Oslo (NLN)
	The United Kingdom National Archives, Kew Gardens (UKNA)
	United Nations Archives and Records Management Section, New York (UNA)
	United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library, New York (UNDHL)
	United States National Archive and Records Administration, College Park, MD (NARA)
	University of California, Los Angeles
	Published primary sources
	United Nations
	Harry S. Truman Presidential Library, Independence, Missouri (TPL)
	Newspapers
	Articles and books
Index
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