United Nations A History

, by Meisler, Stanley

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ISBN: 9780802145291 | 0802145299
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 12/13/2011

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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.

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A Note from the Author	p. ix
A Note on the Expanded Edition	p. xv
The Beginnings: From Dumbarton Oaks to San Francisco	p. 1
Trygve Lie and Iran: Off to a Bad Start	p. 21
Ralph Bunche and the Infant State of Israel	p. 36
The Korean War: No More Manchurias	p. 55
Dag Hammarskjöld	p. 75
Suez: The Empires Strike Out	p. 94
The Battles of Katanga and the Crash of Hammarskjöld	p. 115
Adlai Stevenson and the Cuban Missile Crisis: The U.N as Theater	p. 135
U Thant and the Quest for Peace in Vietnam	p. 153
The Six-Day War	p. 169
Kurt Waldheim: The Big Lie	p. 185
Zionism Is Racism	p. 204
UNESCO: Defenses of Peace in the Minds of Men	p. 222
Javier Perez de Cuellar and the End of the Cold War	p. 239
The Persian Gulf War	p. 257
Boutros Boutros-Ghali	p. 278
The Somalia Debacle	p. 294
Alibi: The U.N. in Bosnia	p. 312
Horrors in Rwanda	p. 334
Kofi Annan: The Accidental Secretary-General	p. 345
America Defies the U.N. and Invades Iraq	p. 355
Ban Ki-moon, the Slippery Eel	p. 371
Epilogue: The Arab Spring	p. 384
Sources	p. 391
A U.N. Chronology	p. 413
Appendix: U.N. Peacekeeping Missions	p. 429
Index	p. 435
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United Nations A History

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