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Tower of babble : how the United Nations has fueled global chaos / Dore Gold.
Van Pelt Library JZ4984.5 .G65 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gold, Dore.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United Nations--History.
- United Nations.
- Security, International.
- World politics--1945-1989.
- World politics.
- World politics--1989-.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 308 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Crown Forum, [2004]
- Summary:
- At a time when many are calling for the United States to seek so-called international legitimacy by linking its foreign policy to that of the UN, the author argues that America can and should act alone to champion ideals that are in fact opposed by the majority of UN member states.
- Contents:
- Introduction : the roots of terror
- The erosion of standards
- Failure foreshadowed
- The Cold War freeze
- Igniting war, undermining peace
- The return of the UN?
- Impartial to genocide
- Scenes from Hell
- Institutionalized moral equivalence
- The UN backs terrorism
- Conclusion : from moral equivalence to world order.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-296) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1400054753
- OCLC:
- 55801008
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