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The best intentions : Kofi Annan and the UN in the era of American world power

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In 2004, Kofi Annan was nearly hounded from office by scandal.

Following the invasion of Iraq, critics, and even some supporters, began asking whether the UN had outlived its usefulness.

Do its failures arise from its own structure or from a clash with a US administration determined to go its own way?

James Traub, who enjoyed unprecedented access to Annan and his aides from 2003 to 2006, delves into these questions and describes the Oil-for-Food scandal, the failed attempt to act decisively against ethnic cleansing in Sudan, and Annan's sweeping reforms. "The Best Intentions" is both a fascinating fly-on-the-wall account of Annan's two terms as Secretary General and an important critical study of the institution that has carried the best hopes of the world since 1945.

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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
0747587280 / 9780747587286
Paperback / softback
341.23
19/11/2007
United Kingdom
English
xviii, 442 p.
20 cm
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Reprint. Originally published: 2006.
The first critical account of a key figure in world affairs and the institution he has served for more than forty years
The first critical account of a key figure in world affairs and the institution he has served for more than forty years HBG General & world history, HBLW3 Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, JPSN1 United Nations & UN agencies