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The Responsibility to Protect: Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and for All
Gareth Evans
Brookings Institution Press
Brookings Institution Press
After the Holocaust, the world vowed it would never again stand by and permit such heinous crimes against humanity. Yet many subsequent atrocities have gone unchecked, all over the world: from the killing fields of Cambodia, to Rwanda, and to...
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An Insider's Guide to the UN
Linda Fasulo
Yale University Press
Yale University Press
The United Nations increasingly finds itself at the center of world events in an age of rapid globalization. Now, more than ever, it is imperative that we understand its structure and functions. In this highly readable book, a prominent news...
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Taking Rights Seriously
Ronald Dworkin
Harvard University Press
Harvard University Press
What is law? What is it for? How should judges decide novel cases when the statutes and earlier decisions provide no clear answer? Do judges make up new law in such cases, or is there some higher law in which they discover the correct answer?...
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The United Nations in the Twenty-First Century (Dilemmas in World Politics)
Karen A Mingst, Margaret P Karns
Westview Press
Westview Press
The third edition of this popular text focuses on major events since 2000, including 9/11 and the war against terrorism, the Iraq War's effect on the UN's relevance, and the Millennium Development Goals. Thoroughly revised throughout, the text also...
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Surrender Is Not an Option: Defending America at the United Nations
John Bolton
Threshold Editions
Threshold Editions
With no-holds-barred candor, the straight-talking former ambassador to the United Nations takes readers behind the scenes at the UN and the U.S. State Department and reveals why his efforts to defend American interests and reform the UN resulted...
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The United Nations: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Jussi M. Hanhimaki
Oxford University Press, USA
Oxford University Press, USA
The United Nations has been called everything from "the best hope of mankind" to "irrelevant" and "obsolete." With this much-needed introduction to the UN, Jussi Hanhimaki engages the current debate over the organizations effectiveness as he...
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Making War and Building Peace: United Nations Peace Operations
Michael W. Doyle, Nicholas Sambanis
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
Making War and Building Peace examines how well United Nations peacekeeping missions work after civil war. Statistically analyzing all civil wars since 1945, the book compares peace processes that had UN involvement to those that didn't. Michael...
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A Billion Lives: An Eyewitness Report from the Frontlines of Humanity
Jan Egeland
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster
Called "the world's conscience" and one of the 100 most influential people of our time by Time magazine, Jan Egeland has been the public face of the United Nations. As Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, he was in charge of the Office...
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