Trustee for the Human Community: Ralph J. Bunche, the United Nations, and the Decolonization of Africa

Book Overview

Ralph J. Bunche (1904-1971), winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950, was a key U.S. diplomat in the planning and creation of the United Nations in 1945. In 1947 he was invited to join the permanent UN Secretariat as director of the new Trusteeship Department. In this position, Bunche played a key role in setting up the trusteeship system that provided important impetus for postwar decolonization ending European control of Africa as well as an...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821419102
• ISBN13: 9780821419106
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"