In the Beginning

<p>This book reviews the formative years of the United Nations (UN) under its first Secretary-General Trygve Lie.</p><p> This welcome appraisal shows how the foundations for an expanded secretary-general role were laid during this period and that Lie's contribution was greater than has later been acknowledged. The interplay of crisis decision-making institutional constraints and the individuals involved thus built the foundations for the UN organization we know today.</p><p> Addressing important wider questions of IGO creation governance and autonomy this is an incisive account of how the UN moved from paper to practice under Lie.</p>