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Cecelia M. Lynch
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LOCATION: Irvine, CA, United States
Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California at Irvine. Author of Beyond Appeasement: Interpreting Interwar Peace Movements in World Politics and others.
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United Nations (UN), international organization established on October 24, 1945. The United Nations (UN) was the second multipurpose international organization established in the 20th century that was worldwide in scope and membership. Its predecessor, the League of Nations, was created by theā¦
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