The United Nations under Boutros Boutros-Ghali, 1992-1997

by Stephen F. Burgess

Overview

This volume concerns the United Nations during the transformative period of the 1990s in which the UN and other countries used the UN to accomplish a wide variety of demanding and complex tasks. Of the seven secretaries-general, Boutros-Ghali was the most determined to guide the UN toward greater autonomy and power. Initially, his efforts bore fruit, especially as he received support from the U.S. in a number of different operations. This support, however, ended after the October 1993 killings of 18 U.S. Army Rangers in a UN operation in Somalia and subsequent wide-spread recrimination in the U.S. against the UN.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780810837034
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	12/11/2001
Series:	Partners for Peace , #6
Pages:	250
Product dimensions:	5.58(w) x 8.76(h) x 0.96(d)

About the Author

Stephen F. Burgess is Assistant Professor of International Security Studies and an Associate of the U.S. Air Force Counterproliferation Center, U.S. Air War College.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 List of Abbreviations/Acronyms Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 1 An Agenda for Peace Chapter 4 2 Success in Complex Missions: Cambodia and Mozambique Chapter 5 3 Success in Restoring Democracy: Central America and Haiti Chapter 6 4 Failure: Angola and Somalia Chapter 7 5 Genocide: Bosnia and Rwanda Chapter 8 6 Sovereignty Eroded? Iraq, Arms Control, and Human Rights Chapter 9 7 The Mega-Conferences: Rio, Vienna, Cairo, Copenhagen, and Beijing Chapter 10 8 The United States Turns Away from the UN Chapter 11 9 Conclusion: The UN Redefined Chapter 12 Appendix A United Naitons Members Chapter 13 Appendix B Excerpt from the Charter of the United Nations Chapter 14 Chronology Chapter 15 Bibliography Chapter 16 Index Chapter 17 About the Author

Editorial Reviews

Dr. Burgess's work is an excellent study of the UN and Boutros-Ghali... This is a book the undergraduate and graduate students, as well as professionals, must read.

George Kaloudis

Dr. Burgess's work is an excellent study of the UN and Boutros-Ghali... This is a book the undergraduate and graduate students, as well as professionals, must read.

Geroge Kaloudis