The takeover
The League follies : Wilson and Roosevelt
The unlikely pilgrimage of Leo Pasvolsky
Yalta and aftermath : Roosevelt's last acts
Truman and Stettinius : the awkward alliance
Secret agents, big powers
Americanizing the conference
The bitter trade-off
Full-court press
The amendment marathon
Rockefeller's bounty : the regional option
The twenty-three questions
The mission to Moscow
The final battles
The fall of Stettinius
The ratification story.
Act of creation : the founding of the United Nations : a story of superpowers, secret agents, wartime allies and enemies, and their quest for a peaceful world by Stephen C. Schlesinger. ISBN 0813332753. Published by Westview in 2003. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.