Reference Reviews

Reference for Students

The United Nations. Edited by Susan C. Hunnicutt. Detroit, Mich.: Greenhaven Press Thomson Gale, 2007. 1 vol. 102 p. $29.95. ISBN 10: 0-7377-3695-X; 13: 978-0-7377-3695-3

The United Nations should be studied by students from several vantage points: international law, world peace, participation in it by the United States (which has not always paid dues to all parts of the program), human rights and its actual effectiveness. Issues discussed here include "The True Purpose of the United Nations is Totalitarian Rule," "The UN Needs to Shift from Peacekeeping to Peace Building," "Member Nationals Must Provide Resources the UN Needs for Its mission," "Human Rights Abusers Are Serving on the UN Human Rights Council" and "The UN Millennium Development Goals Are Important for Women." This book has a great deal for students to use in debates, or to begin further research for solutions to the problems posed here.