Abstract
The whole world knew the answer to that question in 1945 when the nations allied against the Axis united to draft a charter to preserve the peace to come. In the euphoria at the end of a long and terrible war, good will and the best of intentions seemed to be universal. A world devastated by bombers and tanks would be reconstructed. Differences between peoples would be dissolved in friendship and understanding. The grievous mistakes made by the great powers in the years between Versailles and the Ribbentrop-Molotov treaty would be rectified and never repeated. The nations that had for so many years been locked in mortal conflict would unite to make certain that no such conflict could ever occur again. Delegations from all the allies met in San Francisco to draft a new charter for a new organization for peace, the United Nations.
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