1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991000075909707536

Autore

Hill, Christopher

Titolo

The world turned upside down : radical ideas during the English revolution / Christopher Hill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Harmondsworth : Penguin books, 1987

ISBN

0140551476

Descrizione fisica

430 p. ; 20 cm

Disciplina

942

Soggetti

Puritanesimo - Rivoluzione inglese

Società - Inghilterra

Inghilterra Storia Sec. 16.-17.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784860803321

Autore

Franck Thomas M

Titolo

Nation against nation [[electronic resource] ] : what happened to the U.N. dream and what the U.S. can do about it / / Thomas M. Franck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1985

ISBN

1-280-52301-8

0-19-536519-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 p.)

Disciplina

341.23

Soggetti

International relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1 Great Expectations; 2 Happy and Misleading Auguries; 3 Et Tu, Nehru; 4 ""A Rather Good Document""; 5 The End of Innocence; 6 His Sisters and His Cousins and His Aunts: The United Nations Civil Service; 7 The Secretary-General Invents Himself; 8 Filling the Void: Action by the Secretary-General in the Face of Inaction by Everyone Else; 9 Unfulfilled by Unifil: The Security Council in Search of a Role; 10 The General Assembly and the U.S. National Interest; 11 ""A Place Where Lies Are Told"": Israel Before the General Assembly; 12 The Double Standard

13 Playing Hard-BallConclusion; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Argues that American expectations for the U.N. have been too high, analyzes U.N. actions in terms of U.S. interests, and suggests ways America can improve its international relations.