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The United Nations and U.S. foreign policy; a new look at the national interest

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Main Author: Bloomfield, Lincoln P., 1920-2013
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston, Little, Brown [1967]
Edition:Revised edition.
Subjects:
United Nations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1989.
World politics > 1945-1989.
United Nations
Diplomatic relations
World politics
United States
1945-1989
Table of Contents:
  • I. The United Nations and the national interest
  • One. The place of the United Nations in national strategy
  • Two. The basis for planning
  • The obstacles to planning
  • The changing arithmetic
  • New directions for planning
  • Three. Strategic doctrine and national interest--a guide for planning
  • The historical setting
  • The national interest
  • The larger national interest
  • American goals
  • Appendix to Part One. United States policy goals
  • Military security
  • Political security
  • Stability and welfare
  • World order
  • II. United Nations and national security
  • Four. The setting for military strategy
  • The security "mix"
  • The concept of "collective security"
  • Security in a disarmed world
  • Five. General war and limited war
  • Deterrence
  • General war
  • Limited East-West hostilities
  • Six.
  • Lesser conflicts and U.N. peacekeeping
  • The age of peacekeeping
  • Future prospects
  • Initiatives toward a U.N. force
  • Regional peacekeeping
  • Seven. The United Nations and the problem of counterinsurgency
  • Eight. Disarmament and arms control
  • Disarmament
  • Arms control
  • The uses of the United Nations
  • The inspection dilemma
  • Enforcement and veto
  • Administration
  • Regional arms control
  • III. The United Nations and the superpowers
  • Nine. Changing perceptions
  • The U.S. view of Communist development
  • Communist views of the United Nations
  • The U.N. influence on communism
  • Ten. Challenge and cooperation in space
  • Technological advance and political conflict
  • United Nations efforts
  • Unfinished business
  • IV. Toward a more stable world
  • Eleven. The settlement of international disputes
  • The United Nations as neutral ground
  • U.N. "presence"
  • The U.N. Secretariat and international disputes
  • The will to peacemaking
  • Twelve. Peaceful change
  • Disputed areas
  • International waterways
  • Antarctica
  • Thirteen. The developing countries
  • Economic development and the United Nations
  • Ideology and economic policy
  • The population problem
  • Fourteen. Colonialism and human rights
  • Colonialism and the West
  • Colonialism and U.S. policy
  • Human rights
  • V. The goal of world order
  • Fifteen. The creation of community
  • The idea of world government
  • Consensus and community
  • The creation of limited communities
  • Sixteen. Toward a rule of law
  • Legal and political disputes
  • A more lawful world order
  • A perspective
  • Appendix. The mechanics of U.S. participation in the United Nations
  • Index.

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