United Nations: a Very Short Introduction

Name: United Nations: a Very Short Introduction
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ISBN: 9780195304374

ISBN-10: 0195304373

ISBN-13: 9780195304374

Edition: 2008

Authors: Jussi M. Hanhimaki

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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 Hanhimaki 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: $11.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/28/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 6.80" wide x 4.40" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English



List of illustrations


Introduction



The best hope of mankind?: A brief history of the UN



An impossible hybrid: the structure of the United Nations



Facing wars, confronting threats: the UN Security Council in action



Peacekeeping to peacebuilding



Economic development to human development



Rights and responsibilities: human rights to human security



Reform and challenges: the future of the United Nations


Chronology


Glossary: acronyms of major UN organs and agencies used in the text


References


Further reading


Index