The best intentions : Kofi Annan and the UN in the era of American world power
/ James Traub
- First edition
- xviii, 442 pages
Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-422) and index.
A greater Magna Carta A gold coast man Peace, not justice The American candidate Kofi in the lion's den Bosnia never again The exquisite ironies of benevolent colonialism Romancing cousin Jesse Who's going to run Afghanistan? Saddam's pyrrhic victory "What did they die for?" The security council fiddles while Darfur burns The gentle king and his court Two cheers-if-that-for diplomacy Oil-for-food : the witch hunt Kofi briefly rescued by disaster Nice guys get crushed "They're laughing at us in Khartoum" Oil-for-food : the nightmare The black hole of Kinshasa America's interest in UN reform is ... what exactly? John Bolton's nuclear strategy Model UN