The creation of the United Nations Organization as a factor in Soviet foreign policy, 1943-46

• Author / Creator

  Dolff, David J

• The thesis explores in depth the negotiations to create the United Nations Organization through which Stalin sought to enhance the USSR’s power and prestige via traditional, military-oriented means. Although the Kremlin was relatively successful at maximizing Soviet power within the structure of the UNO, its inflexibility on issues such as Poland, Latin American membership, and other issues antagonized its wartime allies, the USA and Britain. This developing fracture seriously undermined cooperation among the victorious great powers both within the new organization and more broadly. As a result, the process of founding the UNO proved to be both a significant cause and reflection of the degeneration of the wartime Grand Alliance into the Cold War.

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Moscow Conference
  • Soviet Foreign Policy
  • UNRRA
  • Dumbarton Oaks Conference
  • UN
  • Yalta Conference
  • Gromyko
  • USSR
  • Molotov
  • Iran Crisis
  • UNO
  • Crimea Conference
  • Grand Alliance
  • Litvinov
  • UNCIO
  • San Francisco Conference
  • Soviet Union
  • Stalin
  • Cold War Origins
  • Teheran Conference
  • United Nations Organization
  • United Nations

• Graduation date

  Fall 2010

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Doctor of Philosophy

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3JT1G

• License

  This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.