title: From ‘Peace by Dictation’ to International Organisation: Great Power Responsibility and the Creation of the United Nations
abstract: This article examines the attitudes of US, British, and Soviet policy-makers as they planned for the forthcoming peace during the Second World War. It charts how they moved from planning a ‘peace by dictation' of the great powers, to planning one which would be based on a model of collective security involving all members of the United Nations alliance. The latter plan would reflect both the great powers' special responsibilities for maintaining international peace and security and the stake whi
journal: The International History Review