transactionnLegitimacy & Forcen(IN TWO VOLUMES)nSTATE PAPERS AND CURRENT PERSPECTIVESnJeane J. KirkpatricknLegitimacy and Force, Volumes One and Two are thenstate papers ot Jeane J. Kirkpatrick as the United StatesnPermanent Representative to the United Nations. Thenvolumes features all of the ambassador’s UN andncongressional testimonies, addresses, speeches andnstatements and a broad selection of speeches onninternational affairs and human rights. Together they presentna lucid and comprehensive account of the position of one ofnAmerica’s most controversial UN representatives.nVolume One is oriented around themes of democraticnsocieties and undemocratic systems, human rights andnpolitical obligations. Kirkpatrick examines the nature ofnlegitimacy of democracy and the illegitimate nature ofnundemocratic nations. She also offers poignant commentarynon the presidential election of 1980 and what the “Reagannphenomenon” has meant to the United States and the West.nVolume Two offers Kirkpatrick’s formal remarks onnnations and nation-building. She focuses on Grenada,nPoland, Afghanistan, Nicaragua, and the Soviet Union. Shenprovides a particularly trenchant analysis of Israel: the CampnDavid accords, the assault on Israel inside the UnitednNations, and on the Middle East in general. Essentialnreading for everyone interested in the policymaking arena,nthese volumes exemplify Kirkpatrick’s articulate conceptualnunderpinning of present-day American foreign policy.nThese volumes, far from the usual government positionnpapers, range widely and personally over the majorninternational issues of our times. They are amplified innessays and articles written by Dr. Kirkpatrick for specialnoccasions not related to specific UN work. In addition, thenvolumes contain crucial papers that were written after hernresignation from the UN ambassadorship-and hence reflectnKirkpatrick’s current interests and persuasions.nVOLUME ONE:nVOLUME TWO:nPOLITICAL AND MORAL DIMENSIONSnNATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONSnISBN: 0-88738-099-9 (cloth)n$34.95(p) ISBN: 0-88738-100-6 (cloth)n$34.95(p)nISBN: 0-88738-646-6 (paper)n$16.95(p) ISBN: 0-88738-647-4 (paper)n$16.95(p)n485 pp.n420 pp.n$60/set (cloth) $30/set (paper)nQ Transaction PublishersnnnDept. EF 4 Rutgers-The State University,nNew Brunswick, NJ 08903n
January 1975April 21, 2022By The Archive
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