Description: Nearing the end of World War II, the "Dumbarton Oaks Conference, 1944-1994" brought together scholars and policymakers to discuss the formation of postwar international institutions--a step toward the creation of the United Nations. The Dumbarton Oaks Conversations and the United Nations, 1944-1994 reveals the conditions that motivated this meeting.
Brief description: Angeliki E. Laiou (1941-2008) was Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine History at Harvard University and Director of Dumbarton Oaks.