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1 online resource (xvi, 375 pages) :, From the beginnings of the Cold War to efforts to control Saddam Hussein's weapons program, this illustrated guide to the history and workings of the UN shows how this widely misunderstood organization has helped to make the world a safer place and what its future prospects are likely to be, Includes bibliographical references and index, Background and history -- Problems, controversies, and solutions -- The ambivalent participation of the United States in the UN system -- Chronology of the emergence and development of the UN system -- Facts and data -- Alternative futures for the UN system -- Directory of organizations, associations, and agencies -- Biographical sketches of present heads of UN system organizations -- Selected print and nonprint resources, Print version record
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- Author
- Alger, Chadwick F., 1924-
- Publisher
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781851098064
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Political Science, Law
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