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9780802145291

United Nations A History

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  • ISBN13:

    9780802145291

  • ISBN10:

    0802145299

  • Edition: Revised
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-12-13
  • Publisher: Ingram Pub Services
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Summary

With four new chapters, this updated edition of United Nations; A History completes the story of the last 65 years: its successes and turbulent, controversial past.

Author Biography

Stanley Meisler, the author of three books, served as a Los Angeles Times foreign and diplomatic correspondent for thirty years, assigned to Nairobi, Mexico City, Madrid, Toronto, Paris, the United Nations and Washington. He still contributes articles to the Times and writes a commentary for his website, stanleymeisler.com.

Table of Contents

A Note from the Authorp. ix
A Note on the Expanded Editionp. xv
The Beginnings: From Dumbarton Oaks to San Franciscop. 1
Trygve Lie and Iran: Off to a Bad Startp. 21
Ralph Bunche and the Infant State of Israelp. 36
The Korean War: No More Manchuriasp. 55
Dag Hammarskjöldp. 75
Suez: The Empires Strike Outp. 94
The Battles of Katanga and the Crash of Hammarskjöldp. 115
Adlai Stevenson and the Cuban Missile Crisis: The U.N as Theaterp. 135
U Thant and the Quest for Peace in Vietnamp. 153
The Six-Day Warp. 169
Kurt Waldheim: The Big Liep. 185
Zionism Is Racismp. 204
UNESCO: Defenses of Peace in the Minds of Menp. 222
Javier Perez de Cuellar and the End of the Cold Warp. 239
The Persian Gulf Warp. 257
Boutros Boutros-Ghalip. 278
The Somalia Debaclep. 294
Alibi: The U.N. in Bosniap. 312
Horrors in Rwandap. 334
Kofi Annan: The Accidental Secretary-Generalp. 345
America Defies the U.N. and Invades Iraqp. 355
Ban Ki-moon, the Slippery Eelp. 371
Epilogue: The Arab Springp. 384
Sourcesp. 391
A U.N. Chronologyp. 413
Appendix: U.N. Peacekeeping Missionsp. 429
Indexp. 435
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