361 pages of excellent text. An interesting presentation of the history of the UN. As a body, the UN emerges here for what it is: fallible, human-based, with its failures, but utterly indispensable. First Canadian Edition.

The Parliament of Man: The Past, Present, and Future of the United Nations

Paul Kennedy

History

Harpercollins Canada

Used book in good condition, due to its age it could contain normal signs of use

The Realities Behind Diplomacy, Background Influences on British External Policy, 1865 - 1980

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Fontana Paperbacks

This study describes how the past 500 years shows that nations which became great powers had to decline as their growth rate slowed and their spending on defence continued to increase and explains how this can be eased or worsened by clever or short-sighted policy decisions. The final chapter looks at the current dilemna of the USA, the USSR, the EEC, Japan and China, and peers. Paul Kennedy also wrote "Strategy and Diplomacy, 1870-1945" and "The Realities Behind Diplomacy, 1865-1980"

The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000

Business & Money

Economics

William Collins

The Parliament of Man: The United Nations and the Quest for World Government

Paul Kennedy's The Parliament of Man: The United Nations and the Quest for World Government is the extraordinary story of the UN - its creation, the threats it has faced, and the possibilities it holds for the future. Can the world be governed by agreement rather than conflict? In 1945 the world's most powerful nation states came together to 'save succeeding generations from the scourge of war and reaffirm faith in the fundamental human rights'. Over sixty years later, the United Nations still doggedly pursues that mandate. Paul Kennedy's The Parliament of Man is a timely history that examines the roots and functions of this unique organization, casts an objective eye on its past effectiveness and assesses whether it will meet the challenges of our present world - from supplying aid during humanitarian crises to combating climate change. Ultimately he shows why, despite its fallibility and its foibles, the UN remains utterly indispensable to our future. 'Wonderful ... a highly readable and sophisticated account' Independent 'Extraordinary ... a retelling of the United Nations story to remind us why it remains a necessary organisation' The New York Times 'A sweeping historical tour ... this is a necessary book' Financial Times 'Masterful' New Statesman 'Appealing ... Accessible ... never loses sight of the larger truth' Tony Judt, New York Review of Books Paul Kennedy is a Professor of History at Yale University. He took his doctorate in Oxford and began work shortly afterwards for the first great historian of the Second World War, Sir Basil Liddell Hart. Kennedy is the author or editor of nineteen books, including The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, which has been translated into over twenty languages, Preparing for the Twenty-First Century, The Parliament of Man and the now classic Rise and Fall of British Naval Mastery.

PENGUIN BOOKS LTD, UK

Seventy-one authentic examples of Indian design from Indian masks, beadwork, pottery, metal, stone, and wood selected and redrawn by Paul Kennedy. Sandpainting of gods, battle scenes, geometric designs, birds, flowers, animal figures, more, by Eskimo, Northwest Coast, Pueblo, Navajo, Plains, Chippewa, and other tribes. All material identified.

North American Indian Design Coloring Book (Dover Native American Coloring Books)

Arts & Photography

Graphic Design

Dover Publications

These five essays from the prestigious journal International Security analyze the outbreak of the First World War from the standpoint of power politics and military strategy. "The disaster of 1914 continues to haunt the contemporary security debate," writes Steven E. Miller in his introduction. "In the nuclear age, the images that remain from the summer of 1914―the escalation from an isolated event in a far corner of Europe to a global war, the apparent loss of control of the situation by key decision-makers, the crowding out of diplomacy by military exigencies, the awful, protracted, often senseless slaughter on the battlefield―raise troubling doubts about our ability to forever conduct affairs of state safely in an international environment plagued by the ever-present risk of thermonuclear war."
The book includes Paul Kennedy's "The First World War and the International Power System," Michael Howard's "Men Against Fire: Expectations of War in 1914," Stephen Van Evera's "The Cult of the Offensive and the Origins of the First World War," Jack Snyder's "Civil-Military Relations and the Cult of the Offensive, 1914 and 1984," and Richard Ned Lebow's "Windows of Opportunity: Do States Jump Through Them?"

Military Strategy and the Origins of the First World War: An International Security Reader - Revised and Expanded Edition (International Security Readers)

Stephen Van Eveera

Richard Ned Lebow

Michael, Howard

Military

Princeton University Press

Europe

Allen Lane.

Covers more than 1,500 Barbie dolls and accessories in an easy-to-carry format that enables readers to easily locate specific items and their prices, and providing convenient checklists that can be used for inventory and collecting needs. Original.

Warman's Barbie Doll Field Guide

History & Criticism

Krause Pubns Inc

Written by experts in their fields, an array of affordable, compact, and easy-to-use handbooks covering a variety of popular areas of collectibles and memorabilia encompasses hundreds of entries, as well as hundreds of full-color photographs, detailed descriptions, and up-to-date prices and values.

Warman's Elvis Field Guide

Music

The Rise of the Anglo-German Antagonism 1860-1914

The Ashfield Press

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