The United Nations in Action

ISBN-13: 9781857281156 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 303 str.

David J. Whittaker

Opis

This text is an examination of the role of the UN in the major political crises of the postwar world - from Korea to the Gulf War and Yugoslavia. It is intended for use as a textbook for undergraduate courses in international relations and international and diplomatic history, post-1945 world history and special and optional courses on the United Nations.

Spis treści

The concept of the United Nations; the structure of the United Nations; peace keeping: Korea, Israel, Cyprus, Afghanistan, the Gulf War; nuclear proliferation: nuclear tests and nuclear treaties; human rights: apartheid and South Africa, Yugoslavia, Central and Latin America; new nations: Namibia, Cambodia, Indonesia; environmental protection: from Stockholm to Rio; new initiatives: aids, drugs, famine relief; retrospect.

O autorze

David J.Whittaker