The United Nations : a chronology of conflict / Geoff Simons.
1994
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Title
The United Nations : a chronology of conflict / Geoff Simons.
Published
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1994.
Call Number
JX1977 Si47 1994
ISBN
0312121342
Description
xvi, 345 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)29564924
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-327) and index.
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Table of Contents
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1
Roots
3
Towards the League
3
The Fourteen Points
7
The Peace Conference
8
The Covenant
10
The League
12
The US Position
16
The Mandates
19
The Minorities Question
23
Disarmament
23
Milestones to Collapse
26
Evaluating the League
32
Long Live the United Nations
33
2
Genesis
35
Background
35
The US Attitude
37
The Bretton Woods Conference
38
The Dumbarton Oaks Conference
40
The Yalta Conference
42
The San Francisco Conference
44
Siting the UN Headquarters
46
3
Profile
51
The Purposes of the United Nations
51
The Charter
53
Main Organs
54
Membership
55
The General Assembly
56
The Security Council
58
The Secretariat
60
The International Court of Justice
63
The Economic and Social Council
64
The Trusteeship Council
65
The Specialised Agencies
66
The Financial Organisations
68
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
71
The United Nations Children's Fund
72
The World Health Organisation
73
The International Atomic Energy Agency
75
4
Cold War
81
Shaping the Cold War
82
The 'Communist' United Nations
91
From Containment to Rollback
100
5
Issues - I
106
The Palestine Question
106
The Korean War
109
China's Admission
113
The Vietnam Morass
116
Apartheid and Race
120
From Suez to Lebanon
122
Undermining the Congo
126
The Cuba Crisis
129
Cyprus Invaded
132
The Betrayal of Rhodesia
134
The Cambodian Agony
135
The Iran-Iraq War
138
Central America
141
Other Matters
145
The Cold War Prism
146
6
Towards the New World Order
147
The Disintegration of Eastern Europe
147
Another World Order
160
And the United Nations
163
7
Issues - II
165
The Iraq Question
165
The Libya Question
172
Angola, Namibia and Mozambique
175
The El Salvador Agony
183
The Israel Exception
187
The Somalia Mandate
192
Cambodia at the Crossroads
201
The Yugoslav Quagmire
206
The Cyprus Sore
221
Western Sahara Invaded
222
The Struggle of Kashmir
225
East Timor Genocide
226
Human Rights
228
The Earth Summit
232
8
Time for Change
237
The Expanding Role
238
Oiling the Machine
239
The Question of Resources
241
Representation of the People
244
The Problem of Power
249
App. I The Covenant of the League of Nations
254
App. II The Charter of the United Nations
267
Notes
306
Bibliography
322
Index
328