United States Foreign Policy and International Organization: Its Regional Aspects
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Date
1960-06
Authors
Martin, Larry Clifford
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Publisher
University of Oregon
Abstract
The planning and negotiations resulting in the formation of the League of Nations and the United Nations involved problems of regionalism. The relationship of regional arrangements and understandings to global organization arose in both cases. In the preliminary planning for the United Nations considerable attention was given to the idea of structuring the organization along regional lines. The primary purpose of this thesis is to examine the political and security aspects of the United States policy concerning the participation in regional arrangements and organizations, and their relation to those of a more global or universal nature. A secondary aspect involves a consideration of the idea and possibility of erecting a post-World War II international organization upon a regionally structured foundation. These considerations involve the following general questions: What was the nature of United States regional interest? What were the effects of these interests on United States policy toward global organization? What, of regional significance, resulted from the policy? Although this study does not extend beyond the San Francisco Conference on International Organization, it should facilitate future study in the field of regionalism and United States policy.
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176 pages
Keywords
regionalism, global organization, United Nations