| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 334 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-315) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Great expectations -- Happy and misleading auguries -- Et tu, Nehru -- "A rather good document" -- The end of innocence -- His sisters and his cousins and his aunts : the United Nations civil service -- The Secretary-General invents himself -- Filling the void : action by the Secretary-General in the face of inactio by everyone else -- Unfulfilled by unifil : The Security Council in search of a role -- The General Assembly and the U.S. national interest -- "A place where lies are tole" : Israel before the General Assembly -- The double standard -- Playing hard-ball -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
Argues that American expectations for the U.N. have been too high, analyzes U.N. actions in terms of U.S. interests, and suggests ways America can improve its international relations. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United Nations.
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United Nations. |
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United Nations -- United States.
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United States. |
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Nations Unies. |
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Nations Unies -- États-Unis. |
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Vereinte Nationen. |
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945- |
| Indexed Term |
United Nations Role of United States, to 1980 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Franck, Thomas M. Nation against nation. New York : Oxford University Press, 1985 9780195035872 (DLC) 84025393 (OCoLC)11398414 |
| ISBN |
9780195365191 (electronic book) |
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0195365194 (electronic book) |
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1280523018 |
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9781280523014 |
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0195035879 (Cloth) |
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9780195035872 |
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