In order to properly situate the United Nations within its framework of international history, the book examines some of the ways in which the U.N. functioned within this broader context. I’ve included some connections here to help you similarly situate your own research.

On the left-hand side of the page, you’ll see the following categories:

• Primary Sources will link you to collections of government documents, autobiographies and memoirs, and other sources created by those involved in international history.
• General Studies will give you a set of sources that looks either at international events and movements or at relations between two or more countries—with a focus on those that provide context to the history of the United Nations told in the pages of The United Nations in International History.
• Armed Conflicts similarly provides deeper context for those conflicts taken up in the book.
• Foreign Relations looks at how individual countries or groups of nations organized and conducted their foreign relations, which in turn influenced how they reacted to a variety of issues in the United Nations.
• The History of Science & Medicine deeply influenced much of the work of the League and the United Nations in technical fields as diverse at nuclear energy and agriculture and so is included here.
• The International Economy has similarly often been the focus of League and U.N. work. Works that set the international economy in context are provided here.
• International Law both preceded and operates within and outside of the work of the League and the U.N., so it too is included in this section.
• International Movements that preceded and/or took place largely outside of the League and the U.N. are included here—including international woman’s suffrage movement and the pre-WWII decolonization movement. For movements that took place inside the League and U.N., see those headings [include links here].
• International Organizations that preceded the League or that existed outside of the League and the U.N.—such as the Red Cross and the European Union—are considered here.
• Internationalism generally—as an idea or movement before and/or broader studies that encompass both the League and the U.N.—are considered in this section.
• Regions—In case you’re primarily interested in studying or researching a specific region of the world, I’ve cross-referenced a number of the studies from the larger bibliography here.
• Time Periods—Similarly, if you’re interested in a specific time period, I’ve cross-referenced some of the studies from the larger bibliography for you in this section.