Calling the shots : how Washington dominates today's UN /
Bennis, Phyllis, 1951-
Calling the shots : how Washington dominates today's UN / by Phyllis Bennis ; foreword by Erskine Childers. - New York : Olive Branch Press, 1996. - xvi, 272 p. ; 23 cm. - Voices and visions .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-268) and index.
Founders, the history -- Center stage: the role and power of the UN in Washington's Gulf War -- Who rules: the struggle for UN democracy -- Peacekeeping, intervention, and a whole new world out there -- Washington keeps its own peace -- Peacekeeping goes to war: Somalia, Rwanda, Haiti, Bosnia -- UN sanctions the not-quite warfare -- To the world's attention -- Exception: the Middle East and Palestine -- Conclusion: democratizing the UN -- The United Nations Charter. Principal organs of the UN. ch. 1. ch. 2. ch. 3. ch. 4. ch. 5. ch. 6. ch. 7. ch. 8. ch. 9. ch. 10. Appendix.
1566562066 (pbk.) 9781566562065 (pbk.)
United Nations--United States.
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Calling the shots : how Washington dominates today's UN / by Phyllis Bennis ; foreword by Erskine Childers. - New York : Olive Branch Press, 1996. - xvi, 272 p. ; 23 cm. - Voices and visions .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-268) and index.
Founders, the history -- Center stage: the role and power of the UN in Washington's Gulf War -- Who rules: the struggle for UN democracy -- Peacekeeping, intervention, and a whole new world out there -- Washington keeps its own peace -- Peacekeeping goes to war: Somalia, Rwanda, Haiti, Bosnia -- UN sanctions the not-quite warfare -- To the world's attention -- Exception: the Middle East and Palestine -- Conclusion: democratizing the UN -- The United Nations Charter. Principal organs of the UN. ch. 1. ch. 2. ch. 3. ch. 4. ch. 5. ch. 6. ch. 7. ch. 8. ch. 9. ch. 10. Appendix.
1566562066 (pbk.) 9781566562065 (pbk.)
United Nations--United States.
341.23/73