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Amos Yoder

Evolutn Of Un System - See 2Ed 0th Edition

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ISBN-10

0844816205
ISBN-13

978-0844816203
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0
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Misc-Sci/Eng
Publication date

October 1, 1989
Language

English
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8 x 2 x 10 inches
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C. Magee

poorly organized and simplistically argued

Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2004

I read this book because it is on the Foreign Service Exam suggested reading list, but I found it largely lacking in terms of usefulness. While it does mention certain situations (Korean War, intervention in the Middle East and Belgian Congo) over and over again, it doesn't really tell you much, certainly no more than any other book on the UN. In addition, these and other interventions that are mentioned are not chronologically presented, but rather are organized under such uninformative chapter titles as "The United Nations and the United States" and "The United Nations and Power Politics." On the topic of power politics (versus internationalism), the author repeats very simplistic arguments (if they could be even termed such) that whenever internationalism is employed the result is good, and when power politics (i.e. military and, I suppose, economic strong-arming) is used the results are wanting. But the author includes such actions as the Persian Gulf War as an example of internationalism -- as well as JFK's backup plan for using the UN to defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis -- as examples of internationalism, when the spirit of internationalism in such cases could readily be called into doubt in favor of an interpretation suggesting the UN is just a rubber-stamp, in those cases, for what would otherwise be "power politics." Regardless, there are some decent, if brief, histories of UN interventions which are useful; but the organization makes them so difficult to place in a greater context that I would highly recommend reading another book. If you are more interested in the actual organization of the UN rather than so much history of its interventions, you can find a much better organized account (as well as some limited history) in "The United Nations at the Crossroads of Reform."

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nick barnes

Continuing the UN Myth

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 29, 2013

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I will admit I didn't read that much of this book - it went in the bin after about 15 mins - but it presented the usual myth of the UN as an international arbiter and force for good, when in reality it is simply a bunch of nations, working in the interest of their own country or even regime. This is the organisation where Human Rights commissions and councils are lead by countries such as Iran, Libya and Sudan; where human rights all over the world are ignored, so that particular countries can be bullied.

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