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A senior UN diplomat charts the rapid progress of decolonization in Africa, the Middle East, and other areas of the Third World and describes some of its repercussions

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. The Decolonization Process
• 2. The Question of Palestine
• 3. Decolonization in Africa: Experiences in International Responsibility
• 4. The Iran-Iraq War and Its Bearing on the Future of International Order
• Afterword
• Appendix A: The United Nations System and the Future
• Appendix B: The Future of Peacekeeping
• Appendix C: Remarks at the Nobel Prize Banquet
• Notes
• The Distinguished Visiting Tom Slick Professorship of World Peace

About the Author

Brian Urquhart, a British citizen, is also the author of Hammarskjold (1972), A Life in Peace and War (1987), and other books.

Reviews

"The lectures literally bristle with points of interest to scholars of imperialism, colonialism, decolonization, and the ever-growing group of Third World specialists." Perspectives on Political Science