Title: The United Nations and international politics
First published: 2000
Description: "Stephen Ryan explores both how the UN has influenced world politics, and how the international political system has formed and limited the work of the organization. The book looks at why the UN was created, how it was affected by the Cold War, and how successive Secretaries-General struggled to find a role for themselves."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: United Nations, World politics, World politics, 1945-
Time periods: 1945-, 1945-1989
LC classification: JZ4984.5 .R93 2000