The United Nations : : history and core ideas / / Laurence Peters.
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York City : : Palgrave Macmillan,, 2015. |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (201 pages) :; illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Collective security: the classical legacy
- A global forum dedicated to the prevention of conflict: the visionary architects
- The balance of power: Kant's decisive contribution
- The rise of international law: the decisive contribution of Hugo Grotius
- Sovereignty: how the Peace of Westphalia defined the UN's view of nationhood
- The UN and the rise of the humanitarian tradition
- The peaceful settlement of disputes
- The development of the Universal declaration of human rights.