Fires All Around the Horizon: The U.N.'s Uphill Battle to Preserve the Peace

by Max Harrelson

Fires All Around the Horizon reports on the performance of the United Nations as a peacekeeping agency during its first four decades--its successes, failures, and limitations. Written by an award-winning diplomatic correspondent who frequently observed the conflicts and discussions generated in the United Nations first-hand, this volume describes and analyzes more than 30 conflicts, from Palestine and Korea through the Falkland Islands and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275929973
• ISBN13: 9780275929978
• Release Date: February 1989
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"