This book is about American perceptions of the United Nations and
international collective action. More specifically, it is about a
particular perception that became increasingly vivid in the course
of the 1990s and came to dominate American foreign policy in the
aftermath of 11 September 2001. It is about the processes that
granted this perception wide-spread acceptance and transformed the
United Nations, once a policy instrument of the United States, into
a negative symbol in neoconservative iconography. This story does
not, however, begin on 11 September 2001. The U.S. abandonment of
the United Nations, despite its apparent suddenness and violent
consequences, was very long in coming. The profound scepticism and
symbolic hatred that the United Nations inspired in certain U.S.
political circles in the last decade is not of recent vintage and
can be traced to long-standing doubts about the legitimacy of the
UN. Since its inception, the organization has, at crucial points,
been treated as a symbol of anti-Americanism, as an amorphous but
very dangerous threat to American interests.
General
Imprint: |
VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.
|
Country of origin: |
Germany |
Release date: |
July 2008 |
First published: |
July 2008 |
Authors: |
John Kaag
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 7mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
124 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-639-05952-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
General
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LSN: |
3-639-05952-2 |
Barcode: |
9783639059526 |
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