| Past Imperfect, Future Uncertain: The United Nations at Fifty 1998 Edition Contributor(s): Thakur, Ramesh (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0333716248 ISBN-13: 9780333716243 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $37.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General - Law | International |
| Dewey: 341.23 |
| LCCN: 97040993 |
| Series: United Nations at Fifty |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.83 lbs) 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. |