The United Nations (Record no. 217728)
| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 01948nam a2200361 a 4500 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 341.23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Wells, Donald A. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The United Nations |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New York : |
| Name of publisher | Algora Pub., |
| Year of publication | c2005. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | viii, 193 p. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | The establishment of the United Nations : why the UN functions the way it does -- The search for rules or laws of war : forbidden strategies and weapons -- The role of the Security Council in war and peace -- The precedent of war crimes trials and the bases for the UN international criminal courts. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "This book explores the structure of the UN, its achievements and its weaknesses, explaining what it can and cannot do, and why. It traces mankind's quest for international laws, especially with regard to war; and shows how the US shaped the UN and continues to direct and limit its functioning"--Provided by publisher. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10476772 |
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