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==History==
===Origins, 1918 to 1945===
{{stack|[[File:Elihu Root, bw photo portrait, 1902.jpg|thumb|[[Elihu Root]] (1845–1937) headed the first Council on Foreign Relations (Pictured 1902, age 57).]]}}
Towards the end of [[World War I]], a working fellowship of about 150 [[scholar]]s called "[[The Inquiry]]" was tasked to brief President [[Woodrow Wilson]] about options for the postwar world when Germany was defeated. This academic band, including Wilson's closest adviser and long-time friend "Colonel" [[Edward M. House]], as well as [[Walter Lippmann]], met to assemble the strategy for the postwar world.<ref name=Shoup>{{cite book|authors=Shoup, Lawrence H. & Minter, William|title=Imperial Brain Trust: The Council on Foreign Relations and United States Foreign Policy|url=https://archive.org/details/imperialbraintru0000shou|url-access=registration|publisher=Monthly Review Press|year=1977|isbn=0-85345-393-4}}</ref>{{rp|13–14}} The team produced more than 2,000 documents detailing and analyzing the political, economic, and social facts globally that would be helpful for Wilson in the peace talks. Their reports formed the basis for the [[Fourteen Points]], which outlined Wilson's strategy for peace after war's end. These scholars then traveled to the [[Paris Peace Conference 1919]] and participated in the discussions there.<ref name=Grose>{{cite book|author=Grose, Peter|title=Continuing the Inquiry: The Council on Foreign Relations from 1921 to 1996|publisher=Council on Foreign Relations Press|year=2006|isbn=0876091923|url=https://archive.org/details/continuinginquir0000gros|url-access=registration}}</ref>{{rp|1–5}}
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