Calling the Shots
While many Americans are just becoming aware of the United States' extraordinary dominance over the UN, Phyllis Bennis has long been a "prophet," warning of the catastrophic consequences of its disproportionate influence over this international body. A prolific writer, whose publishe...
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oai:doaj.org-article:138fda3ee35a438a8a3f945c96e7f3932021-12-02T19:41:23ZCalling the Shots10.35632/ajis.v20i2.18692690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/138fda3ee35a438a8a3f945c96e7f3932003-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/1869https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 While many Americans are just becoming aware of the United States' extraordinary dominance over the UN, Phyllis Bennis has long been a "prophet," warning of the catastrophic consequences of its disproportionate influence over this international body. A prolific writer, whose published works include Beyond the Storm: A Gulf Crisis Reader and Altered States: A Reader in the New World Order (Interlink: 1999. Edited with Michael Moushabeck), Bennis' signature work, Calling the Shots (Interlink: 1998. Edited with Michael Moushabeck), was initially pubfished by Olive Branch Press in 1996 and revised in 2000. ''The latter edition examines US-UN relations at the close of the 20th century and suggests possible ways forward for the world body," according to its back cover promotional endorsements. The 341-page book has 11 chapters: "The Founders," "The History," "Center Stage: The Role and Power of the UN in Washington's Gulf War," "Who Rules: The Struggle for UN Democracy," "Peacekeeping, Intervention, and a Whole New World Out There," "Washington Keeps Its Own Peace," "Peacekeeping Goes to War: Somalia, Rwanda, Haiti, Bosnia,""UN Sanctions: The Not-Quite Warfare," "To the World's Attention," "The Exception: The Middle East and Palestine," "Democratizing the UN," and "The Laws of Empire and the UN's New Internationalism." This is followed by a 19-page appendix entitled "The United Nations Charter and Principal Organs of the UN." ... Imam Ghayth Nur Kashif International Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 20, Iss 2 (2003) |
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While many Americans are just becoming aware of the United States' extraordinary dominance over the UN, Phyllis Bennis has long been a "prophet," warning of the catastrophic consequences of its disproportionate influence over this international body. A prolific writer, whose published works include Beyond the Storm: A Gulf Crisis Reader and Altered States: A Reader in the New World Order (Interlink: 1999. Edited with Michael Moushabeck), Bennis' signature work, Calling the Shots
(Interlink: 1998. Edited with Michael Moushabeck), was initially pubfished by Olive Branch Press in 1996 and revised in 2000. ''The latter edition examines US-UN relations at the close of the 20th century and suggests possible ways forward for the world body," according to its back cover promotional endorsements.
The 341-page book has 11 chapters: "The Founders," "The History," "Center Stage: The Role and Power of the UN in Washington's Gulf War," "Who Rules: The Struggle for UN Democracy," "Peacekeeping, Intervention, and a Whole New World Out There," "Washington Keeps Its Own Peace," "Peacekeeping Goes to War: Somalia, Rwanda, Haiti, Bosnia,""UN Sanctions: The Not-Quite Warfare," "To the World's Attention," "The Exception: The Middle East and Palestine," "Democratizing the UN," and "The Laws of Empire and the UN's New Internationalism." This is followed by a 19-page appendix entitled "The United Nations Charter and Principal Organs of the UN." ...
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