{"product_id":"the-parliament-of-man-the-past-present-and-future-of-the-united-nations-9780375703416","title":"The Parliament of Man: The Past, Present, and Future of the United Nations","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Parliament of Man \u003c\/i\u003eis the first definitive history of the United Nations, from one of America's greatest living historians.Distinguished scholar Paul Kennedy, author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Rise and Fall of Great Powers\u003c\/i\u003e, gives us a thorough and timely account that explains the UN's roots and functions while also casting an objective eye on its effectiveness and its prospects for success in meeting the challenges that lie ahead. Kennedy shows the UN for what it is: fallible, human-based, often dependent on the whims of powerful national governments or the foibles of individual administrators--yet also utterly indispensable. With his insightful grasp of six decades of global history, Kennedy convincingly argues that \"it is difficult to imagine how much more riven and ruinous our world of six billion people would be if there had been no UN.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Kennedy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/04\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 6.32w x 0.83d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375703416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/14\/2007 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul Kennedy is the author or editor of thirteen books, including \u003ci\u003ePreparing for the Twenty-first Century\u003c\/i\u003e and T\u003ci\u003ehe Rise and Fall of the Great Powers\u003c\/i\u003e, which has been translated into more than twenty languages. He serves on the editorial board of numerous scholarly journals and has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, and several other publications. Educated at Newcastle University and Oxford University, he is a former fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton University and of the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung in Bonn.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43637770256499,"sku":"9.78038E+12","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_26079664-8fa2-4a8e-8d0d-1803a35bb8a1.jpg?v=1755602254","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-parliament-of-man-the-past-present-and-future-of-the-united-nations-9780375703416","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}