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No Enchanted Palace

Paperback • 2008 • English

No Enchanted Palace: The End of Empire and the Ideological Origins of the United Nations

By Mark Mazower

2 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

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About the book

No Enchanted Palace traces the origins and early development of the United Nations, one of the most influential yet perhaps least understood organizations active in the world today. Acclaimed historian Mark Mazower forces us to set aside the popular myth that the UN miraculously rose from the ashes of World War II as the guardian of a new and peaceful global order, offering instead a strikingly original interpretation of the UN's ideological roots, early history, and changing role in world affai...Show more

Society and Social Sciences
Politics and government
History and Archaeology

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ISBN

9780691157955

Published year

2008

Language

English

Original title

No Enchanted Palace

Format

Paperback

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