TY - BOOK AU - Traub,James TI - The best intentions: : Kofi Annan and the UN in the era of American world power SN - 9780374182205 U1 - 341.23 PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - Farrar, Straus and Giroux KW - Annan, Kofi A. (Kofi Atta) KW - United Nations KW - World politics KW - 21st century N1 - 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 ER -