UNITED NATIONS: A HISTORY

Book ID/图书代码： 08900009B31772

English Summary/英文概要： On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations, Meisler has written a compelling popular history, exploring the U.N.’s culture, its adventures in war, and its evolution into a key international player. From Roosevelt, Stalin, and Truman, who set the stage at the birth of the U.N., to Daniel Moynihan, who walked out of the General Assembly over the Third World’s anti-Zion resolution, this is a story filled with action and heartbreak. Photos.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 聯合國的過去及未來

這一切都從羅斯福，史達林和葛洛米克Gromyko（蘇聯外長）著手準備，以及之後聯合國的誕生開始…
本書將我們帶進一系列具有重要地位且富有傳奇色彩的政治人物們的世界中去：才華橫溢的Dag Hammarskjöld，她是有史以來最有勇氣和想像力的聯合國秘書長；曾在聯合國大會以摔鞋來反對剛果的赫魯雪夫Khrushchev；奴隸的後代，美國外交上的羅賓遜，並因在中東的工作而獲得諾貝爾和平獎拉爾夫·本齊Ralph Bunche；以及因第三世界而從聯合國罷工的美國大使Daniel Patrick Moynihan，而本書將是一部關於聯合國的所以不為人知的故事。
隨著冷戰的結束，聯合國認為已經履行了其創建者的預見，但幻滅也隨之來臨，未來仍是個未知數。作者講述了許多聯合國的成就，但仍質疑它的未來，其描述謹慎，樂觀且廣博。(ZH & VL)

Awards/获奖情况：From Publishers Weekly
This lucid, popular version of the first 50 years of UN history by former Los Angeles Times foreign correspondent Meisler is organized around the various crises the UN has faced since its inception?Israeli independence, Korea, Suez, the Congo, Cuban missiles, Vietnam, the Six-Day War, the Gulf war?and also includes chapters on the various secretaries-general. Meisler doesn’t pull any punches in assessing the policies and personalities of the world organization, excoriating former secretary-general Kurt Waldheim for concealing his past ("it seems like a fortuitous metaphor for the United Nations to be led during the 1970s by a Nazi and a liar"). Yet he is fair-minded in his presentation, opining that "Though cautious, [Waldheim] was an adequate and active secretary general." This up-to-date account concludes with chapters detailing the UN’s travails in the quagmires of Somalia and the former Yugoslavia. A handy primer for those who want to know the score but haven’t taken the time to unravel the byzantine workings of the world organization.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author/作者介绍： Stanley Meisler，著有Kofi Annan: A Man of Peace in a World of War及其他作品。洛杉磯時報榮譽退休的外交作者，在過去三十年裡，是華盛頓記者團廣受尊敬的一位國際新聞人，並一直在洛杉磯時報擔任駐外工作，曾駐內羅畢，墨西哥城，多倫多，巴黎，巴賽隆納，聯合國以及華盛頓，在為自己的網站撰寫新聞評論的同時仍為洛杉磯時報供稿。多年來，他一直為一些美國主流媒體寫稿，包括《外交事務》，《外交政策》，《大西洋月刊》，《國家》，《讀者文摘》，《軍事史季刊》，《哥倫比亞新聞觀察》，以及《史密森》。他對於美國和平隊也有研究，其作品將於2012年出版。

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