Jane Mumby is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for the Study of Internationalism at Birkbeck, University of London, UK.

Jane Mumby has made an important contribution to the history of international governance by showing what the end of a comprehensive project for world order looks like in evocative detail. Dismantling the League of Nations is a story of chaotic succession, defined by the challenge of preparing the League’s end and consolidating its legacy before the UN system had taken shape.

• Introduction 1. Build-Up to the End: 1940-April 19462. Transfer Troubles: April-July 19463. Geneva and New York: August-December 19464. (Un)Avoidable Delays: January-July 19475. The Many Endings of the League of Nations: August 1947 OnwardsConclusionBibliography Index

Jane Mumby is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for the Study of Internationalism at Birkbeck, University of London, UK.

Jane Mumby has made an important contribution to the history of international governance by showing what the end of a comprehensive project for world order looks like in evocative detail. Dismantling the League of Nations is a story of chaotic succession, defined by the challenge of preparing the League’s end and consolidating its legacy before the UN system had taken shape.

• Introduction 1. Build-Up to the End: 1940-April 19462. Transfer Troubles: April-July 19463. Geneva and New York: August-December 19464. (Un)Avoidable Delays: January-July 19475. The Many Endings of the League of Nations: August 1947 OnwardsConclusionBibliography Index

Jane Mumby is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for the Study of Internationalism at Birkbeck, University of London, UK.

Jane Mumby has made an important contribution to the history of international governance by showing what the end of a comprehensive project for world order looks like in evocative detail. Dismantling the League of Nations is a story of chaotic succession, defined by the challenge of preparing the League’s end and consolidating its legacy before the UN system had taken shape.

• Introduction 1. Build-Up to the End: 1940-April 19462. Transfer Troubles: April-July 19463. Geneva and New York: August-December 19464. (Un)Avoidable Delays: January-July 19475. The Many Endings of the League of Nations: August 1947 OnwardsConclusionBibliography Index