United Nations: a Very Short Introduction

Name: United Nations: a Very Short Introduction
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ISBN: 9780190222703

ISBN-10: 0190222700

ISBN-13: 9780190222703

Edition: 2nd 2015

Authors: Jussi M. Hanhimï¿½ki, Jussi M. Hanhimï¿½ki

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The United Nations has been called everything from "the best hope of mankind", to "irrelevant" and "obsolete." With this much-needed introduction to the UN, Jussi Hanhimäki engages the current debate over the organizations effectiveness as he provides a clear understanding of how it was originally conceived, how it has come to its present form, and how it must confront new challenges in a rapidly changing world.After a brief history of the United Nations and its predecessor, the League of Nations, the author examines the UN's successes and failures as a guardian of international peace and security, as a promoter of human rights, as a protector of international law, and as an engineer of…

Book details

List price: $12.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2015
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/2/2015
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 4.41" wide x 6.89" long x 0.42" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English