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02814aam a2200301 a 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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0000237860 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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0001 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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181115s2009 enka b 001 0 eng |
| 015 ## - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER |
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| National bibliography number |
GBA971252 |
| Source |
bnb |
| 016 7# - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC AGENCY CONTROL NUMBER |
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| Record control number |
015331428 |
| Source |
Uk |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780195328769 (hardback) |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0195328760 (hbk.) : |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
StDuBDS |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Transcribing agency |
StDuBDS |
| Modifying agency |
Uk |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
ukblsr |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
341.2323 |
| Edition number |
22 |
| 084 ## - OTHER CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
341.2323 |
| Item number |
BOS-F |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Bosco, David L. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Five to rule them all : |
| Medium |
[Book] : |
| Remainder of title |
the UN Security Council and the making of the modern world / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
David L. Bosco. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Oxford : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Oxford University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
c2009. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
x, 310 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE |
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| Price type code |
01 |
| Price amount |
0.00 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| Institution to which field applies |
Uk |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
From the Berlin Airlift to the Iraq War, the UN Security Council has stood at the heart of global politics. Part public theater, part smoke-filled backroom, the Council has enjoyed notable successes and suffered ignominious failures, but it has always provided a space for the five great powers to sit down together. Five to Rule Them All tells the inside story of this remarkable diplomatic creation. Drawing on extensive research, including dozens of interviews with serving and former ambassadors on the Council, the book chronicles political battles and personality clashes as it opens the closed doors of its meeting room. What emerges here is a revealing portrait of the most powerful diplomatic body in the world. When the five permanent members are united, David Bosco points out, the Council can wage war, impose blockades, redraw borders, unseat governments, and levy sanctions. There are almost no limits to its authority. Yet the Council exists in a world of realpolitik. Its members are, above all, powerful states with their own diverging interests. Time and again, the Council's performance has dashed the hope that its members would somehow work together to establish a more peaceful world. But if these lofty hopes have been unfulfilled, the Council has still served an invaluable purpose: to prevent conflict between the Great Powers. In this role, the Council has been an unheralded success. As Bosco reminds us, massacres in the Balkans and chaos in Iraq are human tragedies, but conflicts between the world's great powers in the nuclear age would be catastrophic. In this lively, fast-moving, and often humorous narrative, Bosco illuminates the role of the Security Council in the postwar world, making a compelling case for the enduring importance of the five who rule them all. |
| 521 ## - TARGET AUDIENCE NOTE |
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| Target audience note |
All. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
United Nations--Security Council |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Security--International |
| 852 ## - LOCATION |
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| Piece designation |
58818 |
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2308.87 |
| Classification part |
341.2323 BOS-F |
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Royal Book Company |
| Sublocation or collection |
2nd Floor |
| Former shelving location |
Books |
| Copy number |
1 |
| Piece physical condition |
1-New |
| Location |
JZL-CUI |
