United Nations Iran and Iraq

<p>Hume has written a ground-breaking study . . . his analysis is thoughtful and objective in the best tradiiton of the practitioner scholar. --Choice<br /><br /> . . . a ground-breaking book written by a rising star of the American diplomatic service who was himself intimately involved in the Beekman Place negotiations . . . Mr. Hume . . . guides the reader through the complex diplomacy that surrounded the Iraq-Iran war showing how the great powers came to recognize that ending the conflict was in their interests. --Paul Lewis New York Times Book Review<br /><br />Cameron Hume shows how the problems and perils arising from the war served as timely grist to the mills of the Security Council at the UN . . . This is something that well deserves to be saved from oblivion. --The Economist<br /><br /> . . . well-informed . . . an ably written diplomatic history that will be referred to for years to come by those who want to understand how the United Nations is meant to operate. --Foreign Affairs<br /><br />This book describes how the member states operate in good times and bad. And it does so with grace and insight. --Gary Sick Middle East Journal<br /><br /> . . . a serious and insightful account of the changing role of the UN in the Iran-Iraq conflict . . . by an able diplomat who was directly involved. --Shibley Telhami<br /><br />This insider's account of the revolutionary changes in the U.N. Security Council . . . is a major contribution to understanding why the U.N. and the Council are now more effective and more used. . . . a well-written important book. --U.S. Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering<br /><br />Hume's authoritative account follows the transformation of the Security Council since 1985 from a stage for acrimonious public diplomacy into a forum where governments collaborate to settle regional disputes.</p>