The Best Intentions - Couverture souple

Traub, James

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0312426747 ISBN 13 : 9780312426743

Editeur : Picador, 2007

Synopsis

Updated for the Paperback Edition

During his first term as secretary-general of the United Nations, Kofi Annan was one of the most widely admired men in the world. In 2001, he won the Nobel Peace Prize. Then the UN failed to stop war in Iraq and genocide in Darfur, and the institution was engulfed by the Oil-for-Food scandal. By the time Annan left office in December 2006, both he and the UN had suffered a terrible loss of standing.

Did the UN's failures arise from its own structure and culture or from a clash with an American administration determined to go its own way in defiance of world opinion?

In The Best Intentions, New York Times Magazine writer James Traub traces the entwined histories of Kofi Annan and the UN from 1992 to the present, and offers a definitive portrait of the institution's role in the age of American dominance.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

JAMES TRAUB is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine. He lives in New York City.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Picador
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0312426747
• ISBN 13: 9780312426743
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 528
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne