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Free Download Dag Hammarskjoeld, the United Nations, and the Decolonisation of Africa By Henning Melber
2019 | 296 Pages | ISBN: 1787380041 | PDF | 2 MB
In 1953 Dag Hammarskjöld became the second Secretary-General of the United Nations–the highest international civil servant. Before his mission was cut short by a 1961 plane crash in then Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), he used his office to act on the basis of anti-hegemonic values, including solidarity and recognition of otherness. The dubious circumstances of Hammarskjöld’s death have received much attention, including a new official investigation; but have perhaps overshadowed his diplomatic legacy–one that has often been hotly contested. Henning Melber explores the years of African decolonisation during which Hammarskjöld was in office, investigating the scope and limits of his influence within the context of global governance. He paints a picture of a man with strong guiding principles, but limited room for manoeuver, colliding with the essential interests of the big powers as the ‘wind of change’ blew over the African continent. His book is a critical contribution to the study of international politics and the role of the UN in the Cold War. It is also a tribute to the achievements of a cosmopolitan Swede.

Free Download Sarah Scott, "Crosscurrents in Australian First Nations and Non-Indigenous Art "
English | ISBN: 1032257377 | 2023 | 222 pages | PDF | 10 MB
This edited collection examines art resulting from cross-cultural interactions between Australian First Nations and non-Indigenous people, from the British invasion to today.

Free Download Stefanie Schmahl, "United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Article-by-Article Commentary"
English | ISBN: 1509954457 | 2021 | 672 pages | PDF | 4 MB
This commentary examines the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and its 3 additional protocols by providing a detailed commentary on each of its articles. It pays particular attention to the General Comments, the Concluding Observations and the views of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.

Free Download Jeremy Carrette, "Religion, NGOs and the United Nations: Visible and Invisible Actors in Power"
English | ISBN: 1350020362 | 2017 | 320 pages | PDF | 4 MB
How do religious groups, operating as NGOs, engage in the most important global institution for world peace? What processes do they adopt? Is there a "spiritual" UN today? This book is the first interdisciplinary study to present extensive fieldwork results from an examination of the activity of religious groups at the United Nations in New York and Geneva. Based on a three and half-year study of activities in the United Nations system, it seeks to show how "religion" operates in both visible and invisible ways.

Free Download Amelia Sanz, "Women Telling Nations "
English | ISBN: 9042038705 | 2014 | 472 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Women Telling Nations highlights how, from the 16th to the 19th centuries, European women, as readers and writers, contributed to the construction of national identities. It demonstrates the impact of cross-fertilisation of nations: focusing on routes rather than roots.

Free Download Politics Between Nations: Power, Peace, and Diplomacy
English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031248953 | 1131 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 11 MB
This multidisciplinary volume examines the meaning of global conflict and cooperation by international actors that can be caused by dis- or misinformation to people and discusses how to build diplomacy for peace and regional cooperation. The book further identifies boundaries of the relationships among the various governments of the world, transatlantic alliances, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, transnational corporations, and the overall interdependence of nations in the making of the modern world.

Free Download Hans Morgenthau, Kenneth Thompson, "Politics Among Nations, Brief Edition"
English | 1992 | pages: 214 | ISBN: 0070433062, 0394541014 | PDF | 2,0 mb
For more than four decades, Politics Among Nations. has been considered by many to be the premiere text in international politics. This brief edition-edited by Professor Morgenthau’s former research assistant-features the same themes, including national interest and power, that are commonplace among practitioners of foreign policy.

Free Download Nico Wouters, "Nations, Identities and the First World War: Shifting Loyalties to the Fatherland"
English | ISBN: 1350036439 | 2018 | 320 pages | PDF | 8 MB
Nations, Identities and the First World War examines the changing perceptions and attitudes about the nation and the fatherland by different social, ethnic, political and religious groups during the conflict and its aftermath. The book combines chapters on broad topics like propaganda state formation, town and nation, and minorities at war, with more specific case studies in order to deepen our understanding of how processes of national identification supported the cultures of total war in Europe. This transnational volume also reveals and develops a range of insightful connections between the themes it covers, as well as between different groups within Europe and different countries and regions, including Western and Eastern Europe, the Ottoman Empire and colonial territories. It is a vital study for all students and scholars of the First World War.

Free Download Jane Boulden, "Peace Enforcement: The United Nations Experience in Congo, Somalia, and Bosnia"
English | 2001 | pages: 177 | ISBN: 0275969061 | PDF | 30,3 mb
The United Nations is being called upon more and more to participate if situations that fall somewhere between peacekeeping and full-scale enforcement operations, such as those in Korea during the 1950s and the Persian Gulf in 1991. Such efforts have come to be termed as peace enforcement operations. Three case studies in which the United Nations used this type of force are examined: the early 1960s UN operation in the Congo (ONUC); the UN operations on Somalia (UNITAF and UNOSOM); and the mission in Bosnia (UNPROFOR). Until now, no single investigation had considered these three case studies from the viewpoint of determining the advantages and disadvantages involved in using peace enforcement as a way of dealing with international peace and security issues.

Free Download The Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Rise of Nations (Audiobook)
English | July 08, 2013 | ASIN: B00DTO4DFC | M4B@32 kbps | 24h 17m | 338.42 MB
Author: Andrew C. Fix, The Great Courses
Narrator: Andrew C. Fix
Between 1348 and 1715, western Europe was fraught with turmoil, beset by the Black Plague, numerous and bitter religious wars, and frequent political revolutions and upheavals.