{"id":126713,"date":"2025-01-10T16:44:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T21:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=126713"},"modified":"2025-01-10T16:44:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T21:44:52","slug":"doctor-curmudgeondumbarton-oaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=126713","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Curmudgeon Dumbarton Oaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\" https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=126713\" rel=\" https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=126713\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-126714 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Dumbarton-oaks-estate.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Dumbarton-oaks-estate.png 864w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Dumbarton-oaks-estate-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Dumbarton-oaks-estate-768x438.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Diane Batshaw Eisman, M.D. FAAP Doctor Eisman is in Family Practice in Aventura, Florida with her partner, Dr. Eugene Eisman, an internist\/cardi<\/strong>ologist<\/p>\n<p>Whenever I listen to Stravinsky\u2019s Dumbarton Oaks Chamber Concerto, it reminds me of the Dumbarton Oaks Conference.<br \/>\nStravinsky wrote the concerto for the thirtieth wedding anniversary of a D.C. couple, Robert and Mildred Bliss. In 1940, the couple made a gift of their home, Dumbarton Oaks to Harvard University.<br \/>\nAnd then in the early summer and late fall of 1944, the mansion had a new purpose. It became the site of the Dumbarton Oaks conference.<br \/>\nFrom August 21 to October 7, 1944, representatives of the United States, United Kingdom, China, and the Soviet Union met at Dumbarton Oaks.These diplomatic meetings discussed proposals for establishing a worldwide organization to maintain peace and security.<br \/>\nEach delegation had its own chair:<br \/>\nUS Under Secretary of State Edward Stettinius, Jr,<br \/>\nBritish Permanent Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sir<br \/>\nAlexander Cadogan,<br \/>\nChinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom Wellington Koo,<br \/>\nSoviet Ambassador to the United States, Andrei Gromyko, and<br \/>\nBritish Ambassador to the United States, Edward Wood.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>There were two phases to these deliberations.<br \/>\nThe first phase occurred between August 21 and September 28. This phase brought together the Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom.<br \/>\nThe second phase between September 29 and October 7 involved the representatives of the United Kingdom, the United States, and China.<br \/>\nWhy couldn\u2019t they all meet at the same time? It seems that the Soviets had simply refused to meet with the Chinese delegation.<br \/>\nThe purpose of the Dumbarton Oaks Conference was to develop friendly relationships among nations, achieve international co-operation in solving social, economic, and other problems, maintain international peace and security, and create a center to meet in order to harmonize the actions of nations to achieve common goals.<br \/>\nIn my opinion, having to meet in two phases did not seem like a good start for the goals of the Dumbarton Oaks Conference, but the discussions laid the groundwork for an international organization focused on maintaining peace and cooperation after World War II.<br \/>\nAnd then in San Francisco on June 26, 1945, fifty countries met to finalize the UN charter, establishing the United Nations as an International organization.<br \/>\nAs I enjoy Stravinsky\u2019s Dumbarton Oaks concerto in E flat, I also muse about a famous conference and the birth of the United Nations.<br \/>\nTHE IMAGES ARE OF THE DUMBARTON OAKS RESIDENCE AND OF A MEETING<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Curmudgeon suggests &#8220;Bitter Medicine\u201d, Dr. Eugene Eisman&#8217;s story of his experiences&#8211;from the humorous to the intense&#8212;as a young army doctor serving in the Vietnam War.<br \/>\nBitter Medicine by Eugene H. 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