To Unite Our Strength: Enhancing United Nations Peace and Security

by John M. Lee, Robert Von Pagenhardt, Timothy W. Stanley

Overview

In the 1990s the UN's potential has been reborn. Now the world must find ways to incorporate elements of that success into the UN system. No single reform or even expansion of UN military power can achieve the necessary changes; rather a series of political and military innovations are needed soon to develop a UN peace and security system. The authors make specific recommendations in the areas of the Security Council, the Military Staff Committee, the Secretary General and the Secretariat, operational elements, regional security arrangements, and financial resources. Co-published with the International Economic Studies Institute.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780819188663
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	10/20/1992
Pages:	180
Product dimensions:	5.88(w) x 8.94(h) x 0.38(d)

About the Author

Vice Admiral John M. Lee, an Annapolis graduate, retired from the U.S. Navy after 42 years of service. Professor Robert von Pagenhardt received his BA, MA and PhD from Stanford University. Dr. Timothy W. Stanley received his BA from Yale and LLB and PhD from Harvard and served in the U.S. Army during the World War II and Korean emergencies.

Editorial Reviews

...commendably detailed and comprehensive. Those who believe that the United Nations needs to be strengthened do not always address the practical aspects of the questions. This valuable and timely book, is therefore, especially welcome.

International Affairs

...a succinct and accurate summary....an imaginative and important contribution to the current debate.

Foreign Affairs

The authors guide the reader, step by step, through the necessary preparations that would make the United Nations peacekeeping and peace-enforcing forces a reality.

International Affairs - Louis Sohn

...the book is well written, and most timely in suggesting a comprehensive system which could be politically feasible, militarily effective, and financially affordable.

American Bar Association National Security Law Report

The best exploration of how to implement the military provisions of Chapter VII of the Charter I have seen.
— Geoffrey A.H. Pearson, former Canadian Ambassador for Disarmament

Perspective

The best exploration of how to implement the military provisions of Chapter VII of the Charter I have seen.

Perspective - Geoffrey A.H. Pearson

The authors have had extensive international security experience. Their proposals, which draw on that experience, deserve serious consideration both at the United Nations and in world capitals.

Perspective - Robert S. McNamara