The United Nations, Peace Operations and the Cold War av Norrie Macqueen

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<P>This is the first introduction to the United Nation''s activities during the Cold War period. It combines a history of the UN with a broader account of east-west diplomacy during the Cold War and after. Norrie MacQueen begins by looking at the formation, structure and functions of the UN. Then, within a chronological framework, he assesses its contribution to international security from the emergence of the UN''s peacekeeping role in 1945-56 right through to UN operations in the 1990s in Angola, Somalia and Bosnia.</P>