Trustee for the human community : Ralph J. Bunche, the United Nations, and the decolonization of Africa /
Ralph J. Bunche (1904-1971), winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950, was a key U.S. diplomat in the planning and creation of the United Nations in 1945. In 1947 he was invited to join the permanent UN Secretariat as director of the new Trusteeship Department. In this position, Bunche played a key r...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
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Athens :
Ohio University Press,
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Ralph J. Bunche (1904-1971), winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950, was a key U.S. diplomat in the planning and creation of the United Nations in 1945. In 1947 he was invited to join the permanent UN Secretariat as director of the new Trusteeship Department. In this position, Bunche played a key role in setting up the trusteeship system that provided important impetus for postwar decolonization ending European control of Africa as well as an international framework for the oversight of the decolonization process after the Second World War. Trustee for the Human Community is the first volum. |
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Notas: | OldControl:muse9780821443446. "This is a project of the UCLA Globalization Research Center--Africa"--Title page verso. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxii, 205 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780821443446 0821443445 0821419102 9780821419106 |