Idealism versus reality at the UN.(Paul Kennedy's new book)

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Paul Kennedy's new book on the United Nations takes its title from a famous poem written in 1837 by Lord Alfred Tennyson that offers a vision of a peaceful future when, thanks to the "Parliament of man," "the war-drum throbb'd no longer."

With that as a preface, Dr. Kennedy presents an "intellectual history" of the UN, examining the ideas and politics behind its creation, tracing its subsequent evolution, and asking whether the organization has lived up to Tennyson's dream--as well as to the ideals of its founders, which were "to save succeeding generations from the scourge ...

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