Joining nations 1947-1990
CONTENTS
Preface
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Setting the scene
1
The backcloth of war The welding background
3
The birth of the IIW
7 7 8 9
2
Preliminary activities The founder members The constitution The IIW launched The founding fathers
10 12
18 18 19 21 24 25 25 26
3 Early developments, 1949-1954 The first Assembly Scientific and Technical Secretariat Annual Assemblies US membership Elections to membership Commissions Other innovations
28
4 Consolidation, 1954-1961
5 A first crisis and its aftermath, 1961-1964
34
6 A diplomatic crisis and a period of further progress,
1965-1975
37
7 Adapting to change, 1975-1982
47
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