Edition |
First Threshold Editions hardcover edition. |
Description |
viii, 486 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Early days -- The Reagan revolution and the Bush 41 thermidor -- Cutting Gulliver loose : protecting American sovereignty in good deals and bad -- Following the yellow cake road on North Korea -- Leaving the driving to the EU : negotiations über alles with Iran -- Why do I want this job? -- Arriving at the UN : fear and loathing in New York -- Sisyphus in the twilight zone : fixing the broken institution, or trying to -- As good as it gets : the Security Council -- Electing the new secretary general : Ban Ki-Moon is coming to town -- Security Council successes on North Korea -- Iran in the Security Council : the EU-3 find new ways to give in -- Darfur and the weakness of UN peacekeeping in Africa -- Israel and Lebanon : surrender as a matter of high principle at the UN -- Recessional -- Free at last : back to the firing line. |
Subject |
United Nations -- United States.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-
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Bolton, John R.
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Ambassadors -- United States.
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ISBN |
1416552847 |
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9781416552840 |
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