| The Best Intentions: Kofi Annan and the UN in the Era of American World Power Contributor(s): Traub, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312426747 ISBN-13: 9780312426743 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $27.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2007 Annotation: Traub recounts the dramatically entwined history of Kofi Annan and the U.N. from 1992 to the present. In Annan he sees a conscientious idealist given too little credit for advancing causes like humanitarian intervention, an honest broker crushed between American conservatives and Third World opponents, and a U.N. careerist who has absorbed that culture and cannot, in the end, escape its limitations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - Diplomacy - Political Science | Ngos (non-governmental Organizations) |
| Dewey: 341.230 |
| Physical Information: 1.26" H x 5.56" W x 8.52" (1.46 lbs) 528 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1990's - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
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| Publisher Description: Updated for the Paperback Edition During his first term as secretary-general of the United Nations, Kofi Annan was one of the most widely admired men in the world. In 2001, he won the Nobel Peace Prize. Then the UN failed to stop war in Iraq and genocide in Darfur, and the institution was engulfed by the Oil-for-Food scandal. By the time Annan left office in December 2006, both he and the UN had suffered a terrible loss of standing. Did the UN's failures arise from its own structure and culture or from a clash with an American administration determined to go its own way in defiance of world opinion? In The Best Intentions, New York Times Magazine writer James Traub traces the entwined histories of Kofi Annan and the UN from 1992 to the present, and offers a definitive portrait of the institution's role in the age of American dominance. |
Contributor Bio(s): Traub, James: - JAMES TRAUB is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine. He lives in New York City. |
