| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 520 pages) |
| Series |
United Nations intellectual history project |
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United Nations intellectual history project (Series)
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| Contents |
Growing up -- Formal education -- Serendipity and international careers -- From 1945 through the 1950s : hope held high -- The 1960s : widening development avenues -- The 1970s : creativity confronts geopolitics -- The 1980s : development frustrated -- The 1990s and the dawn of the twenty-first century : renaissance and reform? -- A revolutionary idea : the international civil service -- The power of ideas and people inside the UN -- Blending outside intellectual energies -- The legacy and future intellectual challenges |
| Summary |
Interviewed by the authors, Kofi Annan, Boutros Boutros-Ghali and 71 other UN professionals speak about international cooperation and the ideas that have shaped the accomplishments of the UN |
| Notes |
Oral histories |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
United Nations -- Interviews.
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United Nations -- History.
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Economic development -- International cooperation -- 20th century.
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International relations -- 20th century.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Weiss, Thomas G. (Thomas George), 1946-
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| LC no. |
2005000230 |
| ISBN |
0253110580 |
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0253217881 (paperback; alk. paper) |
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0253346428 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9780253110589 |
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9780253217882 (paperback; alk. paper) |
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9780253346421 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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