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A world in need of leadership A world in need of leadership Brian Urquhart 103 p. ; 25 cm OL11542761W
Humanitarianism under fire Humanitarianism under fire Ken Rutherford The international humanitarian intervention in Somalia was one of the most challenging operations ever conducted by US and UN military forces. Until Somalia, the UN had never run a Chapter VII exerci… OL12567922W
BUSINESS OF SOME HEAT: THE UNITED NATIONS FORCE IN CYPRUS BEFORE AND DURING THE 1974 TURKISH INVASI… BUSINESS OF SOME HEAT: THE UNITED NATIONS FORCE IN CYPRUS BEFORE AND DURING THE 1974 TURKISH INVASI… FRANCIS HENN xxvi, 550 p., [16] p. of plates : 24 cm OL13633584W
Five to rule them all Five to rule them all David L. Bosco From the Berlin Airlift to the Iraq War, the UN Security Council has stood at the heart of global politics. Part public theater, part smoke-filled backroom, the Council has enjoyed notable successes … OL13766634W
Ralph J. Bunche Ralph J. Bunche Patricia McKissack Biography of the African-American statesman and diplomat who was one of the founders of the United Nations and who received the Nobel Prize for his peacemaking efforts. OL14860558W
The United Nations The United Nations Adam Woog Discusses the founding of the United Nations, its peacekeeping, economic, social, and environmental roles, and possibilities for the future. OL15073820W
Saddam's bombmaker Saddam's bombmaker Khidhir Hamza,Khiḍr ʻAbd al-ʻAbbās Ḥamzah,Jeff Stein The author who spent twenty years developing Iraq's atomic weapon, recounts his life in Saddam Hussein's inner circle and his daring flight to the West. The book delves into the darkest corners of a … OL15456756W
Kofi Annan Kofi Annan Stanley Meisler Biografie van de Ghanese diplomaat (geboren in 1938), van 1997 tot 2007 secretaris-generaal van de Verenigde Naties. OL15837597W
Golden bones Golden bones Sichan Siv Young Sichan Siv was targeted by the Khmer Rouge during the Cambodian genocide because he was a university graduate. His mother told him to run and "never give up hope!" Captured and put to work in a… OL16055674W
The economics of UN peacekeeping The economics of UN peacekeeping Nadège Sheehan "Peacekeeping is a security concept that is very representative of the current interventionism, multilateralism, human rights, and humanitarian ideas. UN peacekeeping plays an important role in inter… OL16149067W
Threats of force Threats of force Francis Grimal "Despite recent attempts by scholars to examine the absolute prohibition of threats of force under Article 2(4) of the UN Charter, threats remain a largely un-chartered area in international law when… OL16682005W
Here Come the Black Helicopters! Here Come the Black Helicopters! Dick Morris Warning: Our national sovereignty and our freedom are in grave danger. Stealthily advancing, the globalists and socialists at the United Nations, and in the United States itself, are trying to dilute… OL16796714W
Kickback Kickback Caroline Overington On the eve of the war in Iraq, Australia's wheat exporter, AWB Ltd - a company once owned and controlled by the Federal government - sent more than $290 million to the brutal regime of Saddam Hussein… OL16978650W
The black book on Red China The black book on Red China Edward Hunter The question of Chinese representation in the United Nations has become a perennial issue. It is constantly being injected into the most extraneous subjects at Security and General Assembly meetings … OL170210W
Ralph Bunche Ralph Bunche Anne E. Schraff Discusses the personal and professional life of the statesman and diplomat who was one of the founders of the United Nations and who received the Nobel Prize for his peacemaking efforts. OL1742696W
Vereinte Nationen gegen Israel Vereinte Nationen gegen Israel Alex Feuerherdt,Florian Markl Kein anderes Land steht bei den Vereinten Nationen so oft am Pranger wie Israel. Der UN-Menschenrechtsrat etwa hat den jüdischen Staat in seinen Resolutionen häufiger verurteilt als alle anderen Länd… OL17848073W
Freedom Freedom Amnesty International "Inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which starts memorably with Article 1: We are all born free and equal, Freedom is an enthralling anthology of short stories"--Provided b… OL18165745W
The temporary gentleman The temporary gentleman Sebastian Barry "In this highly anticipated new novel, Irishman Jack McNulty is a "temporary gentleman"--An Irishman whose commission in the British army in World War II was never permanent. Sitting in his lodgings … OL18180406W
Beyond the strait Beyond the strait Andrew Scobell,David Lai,Roy Kamphausen Held on September 26, 2008, the 2008 People's Liberation Army (PLA) Conference, conducted by the National Bureau of Asian Research, the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College, and t… OL18578926W
Unintended consequences of peacekeeping operations Unintended consequences of peacekeeping operations Chiyuki Aoi,Ramesh Chandra Thakur Peacekeeping operations have unintended consequences -- this has long been ignored by both practitioners and researchers. The deployment of a large number of soldiers, police officers and civilian p… OL19926727W
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