Product Description: Gerhard Richter (b. 1932) is one of the most influential artists at work today. His painting September, a response to the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, was made some four years after the event. The eminent American critic and curator Robert Storr, who has had a long working relationship with Richter, explores both the painting and the event itself, through a very personal account of his experience in New York on the day of the attacks...read more

Product Description: CONTENTS: Foreword The United Nations: Stuck in a Fog between Peacekeeping and Enforcement "Assertive Multilateralism": Rhetoric vs Reality Problems for U.S. Forces in Operations Beyond Peacekeeping Peace Support Operations: Implications for the U...read more

Product Description: The island of Cyprus, long troubled by inter-communal strife, exploded onto the world stage with the Athens-inspired coup against President Makarios and Turkey's invasion that followed. This resulted in the partition of the Island, which was policed by UNFICYP under the most testing conditions...read more

A biography of the former UN Undersecretary General for Special Political Affairs describes his childhood in a hardworking family, his public service, his racial consciousness, and his battle with prejudice

Product Description: This biography of Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961) covers his work as the UN Secretary General (1953-1961). Posthumously awarded the Nobel Peace Prize after his death in an air crash whilst negotiating over the Congo crisis, he played a vital role in many troubled regions, from Lebanon to Indochina...read more

A biography of the former UN Undersecretary General for Special Political Affairs describes his childhood in a hardworking family, his public service, his racial consciousness, and his battle with prejudice.

The author depicts his life and his experiences as the Under Secretary-General of the United Nations

Product Description: "The lectures literally bristle with points of interest to scholars of imperialism, colonialism, decolonization, and the ever-growing group of Third World specialists." --Perspectives on Political Science

Product Description: For the past forty years the Secretariat of the United Nations has endeavoured to establish a context in which justice and international law can prevail. In his 1985 Rede Lecture Mr Urquhart considers the extent to which such conditions have been achieved, and analyses the major work undertaken by the International Law Commission in the progressive development and codification of international law...read more