A history of UNESCO: Global actions and impacts

The mission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), as defined just after the end of World War II, is to construct intellectual and moral solidarity in order to build 'the defenses of peace' in the minds of men and women. The Organization has therefore carried out a considerable amount of mental engineering. Historians have so far uncovered the roots of many of the soft power initiatives launched to construct sincere solidarity between people, but we still know very little about their impact. In this publication, leading historians within the field trace the routes of selected initiatives from the center to the periphery from UNESCO's headquarters in Paris to the member states to assess UNESCO's global impact from World War II and up till today

Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction: Out of the House: On the Global History of UNESCO, 1945-2015 -- Part I Routes of Knowledge -- 1 Popularizing Anthropology, Combating Racism: Alfred Métraux at The UNESCO Courier -- 2 Weapons of Mass Distribution: UNESCO and the Impact of Books -- 3 And Action! UN and UNESCO Coordinating Information Films, 1945-1951 -- Part II Rebuilding a World Devastated by War