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Western Civilization: Ideas, Politics, and Society, Seventh Edition
Marvin Perry, Baruch College, City University of New York, Emeritus
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Chapter 33: Europe After World War II
The United States and the United Nations- The refusal of the United States Senate to approve U.S. membership in the League of Nations destroyed any hope that the League would serve as a powerful force for peace in the decades after World War I. However, in 1945 it was the United States who took the lead in establishing a new global organization, the United Nations. Reread the excerpt from the U.N. charter on page 869. When you're done, write a short essay on the role of the U.N. in the postwar era. Why was the United States willing to the support the U.N. in 1945? Has that support strengthened or weakened over the last five decades?
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