Grand Strategy of Peace Britain and the Creation of the United Nations Organization, 1939-1945

A grand strategy of peace is the first detailed account of Britain's role in the creation of the United Nations Organization during the Second World War. As a work of traditional diplomatic history that brings in elements of intellectual history, the book describes how British officials, diplomats, politicians, and writers - previously seen to be secondary actors to the United States in this period - thought about, planned for, and helped to establish a future international order. While in the present day, many scholars and analysts have returned to the origins of the post- 1945 international system, this book offers an exhaustive account of how the statesmen and more importantly, the officials working below the statesmen, actually conceived of and worked to establish a post-war world order.

About the author

Andrew Ehrhardt is Deputy-Director of the Centre for Grand Strategy and a Research Fellow in the Department of War Studies at King's College London

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Ehrhardt
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 22.07.2025
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education
• EAN: 9781526183378
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-8337-8
• Pages: 340
• Series: Key Studies in Diplomacy
• Subjects: History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, International Relations, Second World War, Diplomacy, world order, Grand strategy, United Nations; British Diplomatic History; post-war planning; grand strategy; world order; Gladwyn Jebb; Charles Webster; Alexander Cadogan, post-war planning, British diplomatic history, Charles Webster, Gladwyn Jebb, Alexander Cadogan