An Insider's Guide to the UN
β Scribed by Linda Fasulo
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Year
- 2021
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 352
- Edition
- 4
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Thoroughly revised and updated, a new edition of the most popular guide to the UN for students and interested readers
Prominent NPR journalist Linda Fasuloβs guide to the United Nations has established a reputation as the most lively, authoritative, and insightful book on its subject. The fourth edition comes at a time when nuclear proliferation has moved to the top of the Security Councilβs agenda, followed closely by the Syrian crisis, the effects of climate change, and international terrorism. Thoroughly revised and updated, with many new profiles and interviews with the organizationβs current diplomats, this edition remains an indispensable resource for anyone wishing to understand the role and structure of the UN.
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