The parliament of man : the United Nations and the quest for world government /

Main Author: Kennedy, Paul M., 1945-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Allen Lane, c2006.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • THE ORIGINS: The troubled advance to a New World Order, 1815-1945
  • THE EVOLUTION OF THE MANY UNs SINCE 1954: The conundrum of the Security Council
  • Peacekeeping and warmaking
  • Economic agendas, north and south
  • The softer face of the UN's mission
  • Advancing international human rights
  • "We the peoples": democracy, governments and nongovernmental actors
  • THE PRESENT AND FUTURE: The promise and peril of the 21st century.