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Five to Rule Them All: The UN Security Council and the Making of the Modern World
David L. Bosco
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Description for Five to Rule Them All: The UN Security Council and the Making of the Modern World
Hardback. For over sixty years five nations have held a unique position in determining world affairs. But is the UN Security Council still fit for purpose? Num Pages: 320 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; HBG; HBLW3; HBLX; JPSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 600.
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 and suffered ignominious failures, but it has always provided a space for the five great powers to sit down together. Five to Rule Them All tells the inside story of this remarkable diplomatic creation. Drawing on extensive research, including dozens of interviews with serving and former ambassadors on the Council, the book chronicles political battles and personality clashes as it opens the ... Read more
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 and suffered ignominious failures, but it has always provided a space for the five great powers to sit down together. Five to Rule Them All tells the inside story of this remarkable diplomatic creation. Drawing on extensive research, including dozens of interviews with serving and former ambassadors on the Council, the book chronicles political battles and personality clashes as it opens the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
608g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195328769
SKU
V9780195328769
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About David L. Bosco
David L. Bosco is Assistant Professor in the School of International Service, American University. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he is a former Senior Editor at Foreign Policy and has been a political analyst and journalist in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and deputy director of a joint United Nations-NATO project in Sarajevo. His writings have appeared in a variety of ... Read more
Reviews for Five to Rule Them All: The UN Security Council and the Making of the Modern World
This significant contribution to the history and evolution of the UN Security Council is a fabulous reader for any relevant course - and all readers in search of a succinct, gripping, and vividly portrayed account of the inner workings of the Security Council.