  :Toynbee's 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, i.e. 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 Toynbee's writings is intimately involved in all these events.   