Tower of babble : how the United Nations has fueled global chaos /
Dore Gold.
- First edition.
- vii, 308 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-296) and index.
Introduction : the roots of chaos -- The erosion of standards -- Failure foreshadowed : the first tests for the UN in Israel and India -- The cold war freeze : from Korea to Cuba -- Igniting war, undermining peace : the Six-Day War and the struggle over Resolution 242 -- The return of the UN? : the 1991 Gulf War victory and the lead-up to another war -- Impartial to genocide : the UN in Rwanda -- "Scenes from hell" : the UN and the Srebrenica massacre -- Institutionalized moral equivalence : the International Criminal Court -- The UN backs terrorism -- Conclusion : from moral equivalence to world order -- The paper trail. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. App.
"Politicians and pundits are imploring the United States to give the UN a major role in American foreign policy. But as bestselling author Dore Gold reveals in Tower of Babble, it is absurd to look to the UN to fight aggression, combat terrorism, and preserve global order. The UN is an abject failure - a fatally flawed organization that has actually accelerated and spread global chaos. And it is dominated by anti-Western forces, dictatorships, state sponsors of terrorism, and America's worst enemies." "Using internal UN documents and classified cables, Gold presents stark evidence of how the UN ignores mass murder, emboldens terrorists, props up dictators, and otherwise betrays its mission to protect the world's security."--BOOK JACKET.
1400054753 9781400054756
2004014792
United Nations--History.
Security, International. World politics--1945-1989 World politics--1989-