The United Nations
A Concise History
Published on 30. March 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-57524-223-1 (ISBN)
Description
This is a concise history of the United Nations is presented in two parts. Part One features an original narrative and analysis of historiographical questions, emphasizing the impact of the Cold War on the United Nations, the emergence of a postcolonial Third World bloc, the U.N.'s role in the Middle East and Africa, and the prospects for change and reform in the post-Cold War era. Part Two contains the most significant U.N. resolutions of the last 60 years, including dramatic General Assembly and Security Council debates and memorable addresses.
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Edition
illustrated Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Melbourne, FL
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrations
ISBN-13
978-1-57524-223-1 (9781575242231)
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Person
Christopher D. O'Sullivan teaches history at the University of San Francisco. He is a recent recipient of the American Historical Association's annual Gutenberg-e Prize for his book Summer Wells, Postwar Planning, and the Quest for a New World Order. He received his Ph.D. in International History from the London School of Economics and his BA in American History from the University of California at Berkeley, and he has written for the San Francisco Chronicle and the New York Times.
Content
PART I - The United Nations: A Concise History; Introduction; 1. From the League of Nations to the Creation of the United Nations; 2. The United Nations and the Cold War: 1945-1990; 3. The United Nations Transformed: The Emergence of the Third World; 4. The United Nations and the Middle East; 5. The United Nations and Africa; 6. The United Nations After the Cold War; 7. Conclusion: The United Nations in the Twenty-First Century; PART II--Documents; 1. Wilson's Fourteen Points, January 8, 1918; 2. Preamble to the Covenant of the League of Nations, June 28, 1919; 3. Article 16 of the League Covenant (Sanctions); 4. The Atlantic Charter, August 14, 1941; 5. Declaration by the United Nations, January 1, 1942; 6. Excerpts from the Dumbarton Oaks Proposals, October 7, 1944; 7. Excerpts from the Bretton Woods Agreements: Purposes of the World Bank, July 22, 1944; 8. Excerpts from the Bretton Woods Agreements: Purposes of the International Monetary Fund, July 22, 1944; 9. Preamble to the Charter of the United Nations, June 26, 1945; 10. Chapter VII of the UN Charter (on restoring peace and using force); 11. General Assembly Resolution 377 (V), Uniting for Peace Resolution, (General Assembly and the use of force) November 3, 1950; 12. International Court of Justice Rulings on Nicaragua v. United States of America, Summaries of Judgments, June 27, 1986. 13. Excerpts from Gorbachev's address before General Assembly, December 7, 1988; 14. UN Security Council Resolution 1264 - Multinational Force for East Timore, September 15, 1999; 15. Excerpts from the Report of the Special Committee on Palestine, November 25, 1947; 16. Excerpts of UN General Assembly Resolution 181, Plan of Partition of Palestine, November 29, 1947; 17. UN Security Council Resolution 242, Middle East Peace, November 22, 1967; 18. UN General Assembly Resolution 3379, ""Zionism is Racism,"" November 10, 1975; 19. UN General Assembly Resolution 997, the Suez Crisis, November 2, 1956; 20. UN Security Council Resolution 660, Iraq's Invasion of Kuwait, August 2, 1990; 21. UN Security Council Resolution 678, Iraq's Invasion of Kuwait, November 29, 1990; 22. UN Security Council Resolution 1441, Iraqi Weapons Programs, November 8, 2002; 23. Excerpts from Secretary General's Report on the failures in Somalia, April 16, 1998; 24. Inquiry into the UN and the Genocide in Rwanda, December 16, 1999; 25. UN Human Development Index: Most and Least Livable Countries, 2003; 26. Table on the Use of the Veto in the Security Council; 27. UN Assessments for Regular Budget for 2003; 28. Report on Reform of Peacekeeping, (The Brahimi Report), August 21, 2000; 29. Excerpts from Report on Srebrenicia, November 15, 1999; 30. Preamble to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, December 10, 1948; 31. UN Security Council Resolution 1267, Sanctions against the Taliban, October 15, 1999; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.