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The United Nations and International Politics

By Stephen Ryan

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2000
ISBN
0333628411, 9780333628416, 9781403940353
Open Library ID
OL22135233M
Language
english
Format
CHM
Filesize
413 kB (422538 bytes)
Series
Studies in Contemporary History
Pages
224\0
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Taking an historical approach, the author explores both how the UN has affected world politics and how the international political system has formed and limited the work of the Organization. He looks at why the UN was created, how it was affected by the Cold War and how successive Secretaries General struggled to find a role for themselves. The book shows how negative and even hostile views of the UN were changed by the end of the Cold War and by the UN-sponsored action in the Gulf, why the UN overreached itself in Bosnia and Somalia and how it failed to stop the genocide in Rwanda. While the main focus of this book is the role of the UN in promoting international peace and security, it also examines the work of the UN in other areas, including human rights and environmental protection.

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