Nikki Jern-li Teo is a post-doctoral research affiliate at the University of Sydney.

'Recent developments at the United Nations will no doubt spark intense interest and research into the work of the UN Group of Experts. Teo's book provides an exemplar of how this research can be done and the importance of going beyond the minutes of meetings and official reports and publications. The strength of Teo's book lies in her painstaking coverage of the relevant political circumstances and related developments which enable a complete understanding of the Fiscal Commission's work during the relevant period. While the movement to shift the development of global tax standards from the OECD to the UN presents an obvious relevance to Teo's book, the book will be of interest also to scholars of international tax history, international governance, and international organisations.' Sunita Jogarajan, British Tax Review

• 1. Introduction; 2. Prelude to global tax coordination: the league's Princeton mission in the Americas; 3. Creation of the fiscal commission (1943– 1946); 4. Pax Americana, cold war and decolonisation: impact on the UN institutional machinery for fiscal activities and postwar international financial flows; 5. First session of the fiscal commission and aftermath (1947); 6. Related intervening developments (September 1947– November 1948); 7. Second session of the fiscal commission and aftermath (1949); 8. Related intervening developments (January 1949– April 1951); 9. Third session of the fiscal commission and aftermath (1951); 10. Related intervening developments (May 1951– April 1953); 11. The taxation of international air transport and contending with ICAO (1947– 1951); 12. Fourth session of the fiscal commission and aftermath (1953); 13. Dissolution of the fiscal commission and subsequent developments; 14. Conclusion.

Nikki Jern-li Teo is a post-doctoral research affiliate at the University of Sydney.

'Recent developments at the United Nations will no doubt spark intense interest and research into the work of the UN Group of Experts. Teo's book provides an exemplar of how this research can be done and the importance of going beyond the minutes of meetings and official reports and publications. The strength of Teo's book lies in her painstaking coverage of the relevant political circumstances and related developments which enable a complete understanding of the Fiscal Commission's work during the relevant period. While the movement to shift the development of global tax standards from the OECD to the UN presents an obvious relevance to Teo's book, the book will be of interest also to scholars of international tax history, international governance, and international organisations.' Sunita Jogarajan, British Tax Review

• 1. Introduction; 2. Prelude to global tax coordination: the league's Princeton mission in the Americas; 3. Creation of the fiscal commission (1943– 1946); 4. Pax Americana, cold war and decolonisation: impact on the UN institutional machinery for fiscal activities and postwar international financial flows; 5. First session of the fiscal commission and aftermath (1947); 6. Related intervening developments (September 1947– November 1948); 7. Second session of the fiscal commission and aftermath (1949); 8. Related intervening developments (January 1949– April 1951); 9. Third session of the fiscal commission and aftermath (1951); 10. Related intervening developments (May 1951– April 1953); 11. The taxation of international air transport and contending with ICAO (1947– 1951); 12. Fourth session of the fiscal commission and aftermath (1953); 13. Dissolution of the fiscal commission and subsequent developments; 14. Conclusion.

Nikki Jern-li Teo is a post-doctoral research affiliate at the University of Sydney.

'Recent developments at the United Nations will no doubt spark intense interest and research into the work of the UN Group of Experts. Teo's book provides an exemplar of how this research can be done and the importance of going beyond the minutes of meetings and official reports and publications. The strength of Teo's book lies in her painstaking coverage of the relevant political circumstances and related developments which enable a complete understanding of the Fiscal Commission's work during the relevant period. While the movement to shift the development of global tax standards from the OECD to the UN presents an obvious relevance to Teo's book, the book will be of interest also to scholars of international tax history, international governance, and international organisations.' Sunita Jogarajan, British Tax Review

• 1. Introduction; 2. Prelude to global tax coordination: the league's Princeton mission in the Americas; 3. Creation of the fiscal commission (1943– 1946); 4. Pax Americana, cold war and decolonisation: impact on the UN institutional machinery for fiscal activities and postwar international financial flows; 5. First session of the fiscal commission and aftermath (1947); 6. Related intervening developments (September 1947– November 1948); 7. Second session of the fiscal commission and aftermath (1949); 8. Related intervening developments (January 1949– April 1951); 9. Third session of the fiscal commission and aftermath (1951); 10. Related intervening developments (May 1951– April 1953); 11. The taxation of international air transport and contending with ICAO (1947– 1951); 12. Fourth session of the fiscal commission and aftermath (1953); 13. Dissolution of the fiscal commission and subsequent developments; 14. Conclusion.