Calling the shots : how Washington dominates today's UN /
by Phyllis Bennis ; foreword by Erskine Childers.
- New York : Olive Branch Press, 1996.
- xvi, 272 p. ; 23 cm.
- Voices and visions .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-268) and index.
Founders, the history -- Center stage: the role and power of the UN in Washington's Gulf War -- Who rules: the struggle for UN democracy -- Peacekeeping, intervention, and a whole new world out there -- Washington keeps its own peace -- Peacekeeping goes to war: Somalia, Rwanda, Haiti, Bosnia -- UN sanctions the not-quite warfare -- To the world's attention -- Exception: the Middle East and Palestine -- Conclusion: democratizing the UN -- The United Nations Charter. Principal organs of the UN. ch. 1. ch. 2. ch. 3. ch. 4. ch. 5. ch. 6. ch. 7. ch. 8. ch. 9. ch. 10. Appendix.