Past Imperfect, Future Uncertain: The United Nations at Fifty 1998 Edition Contributor(s): Thakur, Ramesh (Editor) |
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ISBN: 033371623X ISBN-13: 9780333716236 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1998 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General - Law | International |
Dewey: 341.23 |
LCCN: 97040993 |
Physical Information: 275 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The end of the Cold War and the forceful response to Iraq's aggression created expectations that the UN would change from a marginal into a centre player in world affairs. These hopes were seemingly dashed in Somalia, Rwanda and Bosnia. Has the United Nations abdicated its moral duty as the custodian of our hopes for a better world? In this book, foreign ministers, generals, ambassadors, and scholars provide sober assessments of how the United Nations can meet the challenge of a balance between the desirable and the possible. |