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Would the World Be Better Without the UN?

Hardcover • 2018 • 1. edition

Would the World Be Better Without the UN?

By Thomas G. Weiss

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About the book

Do we need the United Nations? Where would the contemporary world be without its largest intergovernmental organization? And where could it be had the UN s member states and staff performed better? These fundamental questions are explored by the leading analyst of UN history and politics, Thomas G. Weiss, in this hard-hitting, authoritative book. While counterfactuals are often dismissed as academic contrivances, they can serve to focus the mind; and here, Weiss uses them to ably demonstrate the...Show more

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9781509517251

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Polity Press

Published year

2018

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Would the World Be Better Without the UN?

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