A Dangerous Place [Hardcover]

Daniel Patrick Moynihan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1978

Dangerous Place, A, by Moynihan, Daniel Patrick With Su

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Little Brown & Company; First Edition edition (November 1978)
• ISBN-10: 0316586994
• ISBN-13: 978-0316586993
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #524,507 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Celtic Deviltry in a Nest of Vipers September 17, 2003

By "mencken61"

Format:Hardcover

The late Dr. Moynihan started something unheard of in his (pre-Kirkpatrick) era: he spoke the truth to the United Nations. In 1975 America was in retreat. It had abandoned its allies in Indochina, it had not long before prevented Israel from properly winning a war, it's president refused to meet Solzhenitsyn lest it's enemies would be distracted from meeting with Angela Davis, and it allowed with but an occasional whimper the hypocritical UN majority, either through Soviet instruction or reflex or both, to slap about America and its ideals. Then came Moynihan. For eight months he held those who castigated and damned us to account. It now seems simple good sense: those who would slaughter rival tribes in Burundi and those who operated Gulag cannot get away with UN shoe-banging in protest of America's free (and elected) association with Puerto Rico or of Israel's right to exist without its pre-schools having to hose human remains off its playgrounds. But then it was actually a big deal--the New York Times quivered whenever he approached a UN microphone. The late ambassador does not in my opinion write in a style too complex for the casual reader; in fact, his Irish wit and grasp of English make this a universal volume for anyone with an interest in foreign policy as well as those who appreciate truth telling.

2 of 14 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars the UN intricacies April 3, 2003

By William D. Tompkins

Format:Hardcover

if political machinations are interesting to you, then this book will wholly appease. i found it too complex for the most part from an outsider's point of view.

0 of 25 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars copycat July 13, 2006

By Doc Zeke

Format:Hardcover

Interesting that he lifted the title from a book about the UN, ("A Dangerous Place - The United Nations as a Weapon in World Politics") that preceded his. How original.