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Calling the shots : how Washington dominates today's UN / by Phyllis Bennis ; foreword by Erskine Childers.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Voices and visionsPublication details: New York : Olive Branch Press, 1996.Description: xvi, 272 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1566562066 (pbk.)
  • 9781566562065 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 341.23/73 20
Contents:
ch. 1. Founders, the history -- ch. 2. Center stage: the role and power of the UN in Washington's Gulf War -- ch. 3. Who rules: the struggle for UN democracy -- ch. 4. Peacekeeping, intervention, and a whole new world out there -- ch. 5. Washington keeps its own peace -- ch. 6. Peacekeeping goes to war: Somalia, Rwanda, Haiti, Bosnia -- ch. 7. UN sanctions the not-quite warfare -- ch. 8. To the world's attention -- ch. 9. Exception: the Middle East and Palestine -- ch. 10. Conclusion: democratizing the UN -- Appendix. The United Nations Charter. Principal organs of the UN.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Automatización y Procesos Técnicos Automatización y Procesos Técnicos (1er. Piso) 1 Available 00000042764

Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-268) and index.

ch. 1. Founders, the history -- ch. 2. Center stage: the role and power of the UN in Washington's Gulf War -- ch. 3. Who rules: the struggle for UN democracy -- ch. 4. Peacekeeping, intervention, and a whole new world out there -- ch. 5. Washington keeps its own peace -- ch. 6. Peacekeeping goes to war: Somalia, Rwanda, Haiti, Bosnia -- ch. 7. UN sanctions the not-quite warfare -- ch. 8. To the world's attention -- ch. 9. Exception: the Middle East and Palestine -- ch. 10. Conclusion: democratizing the UN -- Appendix. The United Nations Charter. Principal organs of the UN.

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