Toynbees notoriety should include a longtime Director of the RIAA and b longtime editor of its publication Survey of International Affairs A Study of History is coincidental or a sidelight to those two roles he played  The above is especially important given the time in question ie from the failure of the League of Nations World War II the founding of the Alliance of World War II the creation of the United Nations Organization the Cold War etc  It can be seen that much of Toynbees writings is intimately involved in all these events