This book contains compelling stories that convey all the compassion, humor, courage, and common sense that are at the heart of human nature. The people in this story had a big influence on Robert Muller's life. Many things may be forgotten, but through Muller's insight and understanding, these things will always be remembered. Taking place at a time when the United Nations is celebrating its f…
In this first comprehensive account of the country's recent upheaval, Louisa Lombard shows the limits of the superficial explanations offered thus far – that the violence has been due to a religious divide, or politicians' manipulations, or profiteering. Instead, she shows that conflict has long been useful to Central African politics, a tendency that has been exacerbated by the international…
More than two and one-half years after the signing of the Helsinki Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the government of Indonesia and the free Aceh movement, peace still holds in the Indonesian province of Aceh.
President Kennedy's former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and co-author Blight offer suggestions as to how the United States could and should change its foreign policy and defense policy to incorporate the core objectives of post-WWI Wilsonian ideals. They suggest that the United States make the end of war a major goal of foreign policy and argue that while the U.S. will have to provide l…
Peacemonger is a frank insider's account of the UN's successes and failures in keeping the peace world-wide after the Cold War came to an end. This book will enlighten experts and amateurs alike.