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The United Nations /
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 understandi...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
©2008.
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| Series: | Very short introductions.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | 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 o |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (171 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-161) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199724192 0199724199 |