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UN voices [electronic resource] : the struggle for development and social justice / Thomas G. Weiss ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Weiss, Thomas George | ebrary, Inc.
Series: United Nations intellectual history project (Series): Publisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2005Description: xx, 520 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): United Nations -- History | United Nations -- InterviewsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 341.23/09 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.

Includes index.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.