| Description |
1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
""The Security Council, the all-powerful UN body for maintaining world peace, remains mired in its World War II origins. The victors, the US, Russia, China, Britain, and France, continue to control it with their permanent membership and the veto. Their confrontations emasculated the Council during the Cold War and their cooperation spawned questionable military actions thereafter. The book traces the origins of international security cooperation and scrutinizes the moorings of the Security Council's powers in international law. It critiques the permanent five's manipulation of the Council to aggressively strengthen their global dominance and legitimise their exercise of power. Their doctrines and actions in countries like Iraq, Yugoslavia, and Libya have hindered the Council's evolution as a responsible body which has the trust of a globalising world. This book is an essential read for practitioners and scholars to understand the Security Council and the failure to reform it. ""-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Collective Security; 2. Birth of International Organisations; 3. The Idea of the United Nations; 4 San Francisco Conference: The UN Charter; 5 Beginner's Luck: The Early Successes; 6 Divided Nations; 7. False Start: The Korea Operation; 8 Innovative Compromise: Peacekeeping Operations; 9 Military Actions after the Cold War; 10. Sanctions; 11 New Mandates; 12 Charter-Compatibility of Military Actions; 13 Security Council and International Law; 14. Impermanence of the Permanent Five. |
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15. Wars that Escaped Security Council Action16. Security Council Reform; Conclusion; Secretaries-General of the United Nations; Bibliography; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United Nations. Security Council.
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United Nations. Security Council. |
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World politics -- 1945-1989.
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World politics. |
| Chronological Term |
1945-1989 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sinha, Dilip. Legitimacy of Power : The Permanence of Five in the Security Council. Delhi : VIJ Books (India) PVT Ltd, ©2018 9789388161046 |
| ISBN |
9789388161053 (electronic book) |
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938816105X (electronic book) |
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9789388161046 |
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9388161041 |
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