| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xvii, 361 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-311) and index. |
| Contents |
THE ORIGINS: The troubled advance to a New World Order, 1815-1945 -- THE EVOLUTION OF THE MANY UNs SINCE 1945: The conundrum of the Security Council -- Peacekeeping and warmaking -- Economic agendas, north and south -- The softer face of the UN's mission -- Advancing international human rights -- "We the peoples": democracy, governments, and nongovernmental actors -- THE PRESENT AND FUTURE: The promise and the peril of the Twenty-first century. |
| Subject |
United Nations -- History.
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International relations.
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| ISBN |
0375501657 |
| Standard No. |
9780375501654 |
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