The United Nations in International History argues for a new way of examining the history of this central global institution by integrating more traditional diplomacy between states with new trends in transnational and cultural history to explore the organization and its role in 20th- and 21st-century history. Amy Sayward looks at the origins of the U.N. before examining a range of organizations and players in the United Nations system and analysing its international work in the key arenas of diplomacy, social & economic development programs, peace-keeping, and human rights. This...

The United Nations in International History argues for a new way of examining the history of this central global institution by integrating more traditional diplomacy between states with new trends in transnational and cultural history to explore the organization and its role in 20th- and 21st-century history. Amy Sayward looks at the origins of the U.N. before examining a range of organizations and players in the United Nations system and analysing its international work in the key arenas of diplomacy, social & economic development programs, peace-keeping, and human rights. This...

"The meaning of the admonition--four words most often forgotten, ignored or intentionally violated--seems so simple: 'Thou shall not kill.' Here nineteen essayists remind us that there have been those among us who understood the meaning--and who sought to give Life to The Law." --John Seigenthaler "One fine day when the death penalty is abolished in Tennessee, we'll want to know how it happened. This book, edited by my good friends Amy Sayward and Margaret Vandiver, will tell the story--in riveting detail." --Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking Seeking to illuminate Tennessee's...