About Face? : The United States and the United Nations

Tells the story of the U.S. policy reversal that marked the transition from the UN bashing of the 1980s to the courtship of 1990 and analyzes the forces that produced first one and then the other of these latest phases in the tumultuous U.S.-UN relationship. Contents Chapter I Introduction Chapter II US Expectations Regarding the United Nations Chapter III The Roots of Disenchantment Chapter IV The Financial Crisis: The United States Versus the United Nations Chapter V The Gulf Crisis: The United States Leads the United Nations Chapter VI Back to the Future? Index About the Book and the Author