No Enchanted Palace: The End of Empire and the Ideological Origins of the United Nations

by Mark Mazower

Book Overview

A groundbreaking interpretation of the intellectual origins of the United Nations No Enchanted Palace traces the origins and early development of the United Nations, one of the most influential yet perhaps least understood organizations active in the world today. Acclaimed historian Mark Mazower forces us to set aside the popular myth that the UN miraculously rose from the ashes of World War II as the guardian of a new and peaceful global order, offering...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691135215
• ISBN13: 9780691135212
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"