Complicity with Evil - by Adam LeBor (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A seasoned foreign correspondent shows how the United Nations values its own neutrality and interests above its founding mission of protecting humanity, with predictably tragic consequences.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A seasoned foreign correspondent shows how the UN privileges its own neutrality and interests above its founding mission of protecting humanity, with predictably tragic consequences</b> <p/> From the killing fields of Rwanda and Srebrenica a decade ago to those of Darfur today, the United Nations has repeatedly failed to confront genocide. This is evinced, author and journalist Adam LeBor maintains, in a May 1995 document from Yasushi Akashi, the most senior UN official in the field during the Yugoslav wars, in which he refused to authorize air strikes against the Serbs for fear they would "weaken" Milosevic. More recently, in 2003, urgent reports from UN officials in the Sudan detailing atrocities from Darfur were ignored for a year because they were politically inconvenient. <p/> This book is the first to examine in detail the crucial role of the Secretariat, its relationship with the Security Council, and the failure of UN officials themselves to confront genocide. LeBor argues the UN must return to its founding principles, take a moral stand and set the agenda of the Security Council instead of merely following the lead of the great powers. LeBor draws on dozens of firsthand interviews with UN officials, current and former, and such international diplomats as Madeleine Albright, Richard Holbrooke, Douglas Hurd, and David Owen. <br> This book will set the terms for discussion when UN Secretary General Kofi Annan steps down to make room for a new head of the world body, and political observers assess Annan's legacy and look to the future of the world organization.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A timely, important book about the way in which the UN has allowed itself to drift ineffectually in confronting the realities of genocide. I wish policy makers world-wide would read LeBor''s trenchant analysis of where the international order has gone wrong."--Margaret MacMillan, author of "Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World"<BR><br><br>"Adam LeBor has crafted a top-notch expose of the failings of the United Nations in the age of genocide. It is painful to be reminded of the organization's errors and lies about Bosnia, Rwanda, and Sudan, but this is a book we should all be thankful for. LeBor makes a furiously persuasive case that the United Nations must become a force against genocide rather than a cover for its execution."--Peter Maass, author of "Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War" <br><br>"LeBor''s heartfelt appeal for UN reform points the finger at official Washington, which too often withholds support for the institution and instead panders to radical rightists seeking to destroy it."--Roy Gutman, Foreign Editor at "Newsday" and author of "A Witness to Genocide"<BR><br><br>"The author makes a very strong case--backed by research and investigation, and supported by quotations from key players in and around the United Nations."--Diego Arria, former Venezuelan ambassador to the UN <BR><br><br>"When the nations of the world are prepared to do something about genocide, beyond decrying it, they will have the use of Adam LeBor's scrupulous and unflinching history to remind them of the cost of inaction."--Alan Furst<BR><br><br>& nbsp; " A timely, important book about the way in which the UN has allowed itself to drift ineffectually in confronting the realities of genocide.& nbsp; I wish policy makers world-wide would read LeBor''s trenchant analysis of where the international order has gone wrong. " -- Margaret MacMillan, author of Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World <BR><br><br>" Adam LeBor has crafted a top-notch expos e of the failings of the United Nations in the age of genocide. It is painful to be reminded of the organization ' s errors and lies about Bosnia, Rwanda, and Sudan, but this is a book we should all be thankful for. LeBor makes a furiously persuasive case that the United Nations must become a force against genocide rather than a cover for its execution. " -- Peter Maass, author of Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War<br><br>" LeBor''s heartfelt appeal for UN reform points the finger at official Washington, which too often withholds support for the institution and instead panders to radical rightists seeking to destroy it. " -- Roy Gutman, Foreign Editor at Newsday and author of A Witness to Genocide <BR><br><br>" When the nations of the world are prepared to do something about genocide, beyond decrying it, they will have the use of Adam LeBor ' s scrupulous and unflinching history to remind them of the cost of inaction. " -- Alan Furst <BR><br><br>"The author makes a very strong case -- backed by research and investigation, and supported by quotations from key players in and around the United Nations." -- Diego Arria, former Venezuelan ambassador to the UN <BR><br><br>" A timely, important book about the way in which the UN has allowed itself to drift ineffectually in confronting the realities of genocide. I wish policy makers world-wide would read LeBor''s trenchant analysis of where the international order has gone wrong." -- Margaret MacMillan, author of "Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World"<BR><br><br>" Adam LeBor has crafted a top-notch expose of the failings of the United Nations in the age of genocide. It is painful to be reminded of the organization' s errors and lies about Bosnia, Rwanda, and Sudan, but this is a book we should all be thankful for. LeBor makes a furiously persuasive case that the United Nations must become a force against genocide rather than a cover for its execution." -- Peter Maass, author of "Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War"<br><br>" LeBor''s heartfelt appeal for UN reform points the finger at official Washington, which too often withholds support for the institution and instead panders to radical rightists seeking to destroy it." -- Roy Gutman, Foreign Editor at "Newsday" and author of "A Witness to Genocide"<BR><br><br>" When the nations of the world are prepared to do something about genocide, beyond decrying it, they will have the use of Adam LeBor' s scrupulous and unflinching history to remind them of the cost of inaction." -- Alan Furst<BR><br><br>"The author makes a very strong case-- backed by research and investigation, and supported by quotations from key players in and around the United Nations."-- Diego Arria, former Venezuelan ambassador to the UN <BR><br><br> "A timely, important book about the way in which the UN has allowed itself to drift ineffectually in confronting the realities of genocide. I wish policy makers world-wide would read LeBor's trenchant analysis of where the international order has gone wrong."-Margaret MacMillan, author of "Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World"<br><br>"Adam LeBor has crafted a top-notch expos??? of the failings of the United Nations in the age of genocide. It is painful to be reminded of the organization's errors and lies about Bosnia, Rwanda, and Sudan, but this is a book we should all be thankful for. LeBor makes a furiously persuasive case that the United Nations must become a force against genocide rather than a cover for its execution."-Peter Maass, author of "Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War"<br><br>"Adam LeBor has crafted a top-notch expos of the failings of the United Nations in the age of genocide. It is painful to be reminded of the organization's errors and lies about Bosnia, Rwanda, and Sudan, but this is a book we should all be thankful for. LeBor makes a furiously persuasive case that the United Nations must become a force against genocide rather than a cover for its execution."-Peter Maass, author of "Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War"<br><br>"A timely, important book about the way in which the UN has allowed itself to drift ineffectually in confronting the realities of genocide. I wish policy makers world-wide would read LeBor's trenchant analysis of where the international order has gone wrong."-Margaret MacMillan, author of "Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World" -- Margaret Macmillan<br><br>"Adam LeBor has crafted a top-notch exposo?= of the failings of the United Nations in the age of genocide. It is painful to be reminded of the organization's errors and lies about Bosnia, Rwanda, and Sudan, but this is a book we should all be thankful for. LeBor makes a furiously persuasive case that the United Nations must become a force against genocide rather than a cover for its execution."-Peter Maass, author of "Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War"<br><br>"LeBor's heartfelt appeal for UN reform points the finger at official Washington, which too often withholds support for the institution and instead panders to radical rightists seeking to destroy it."-Roy Gutman, Foreign Editor at "Newsday" and author of "A Witness to Genocide"<br><br>"Adam Lebor has crafted a top-notch expose of the failings of the United Nations in the age of genocide. It is painful to be reminded of the organization's errors and lies about Bosnia, Rwanda and Sudan, but this is a book we should all be thankful for. Lebor makes a furiously persuasive case that the United Nations must become a force against genocide rather than a cover for its execution."-Peter Maass, author of "Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War"<br><br>"When the nations of the world are prepared to do something about genocide, beyond decrying it, they will have the use of Adam LeBor's scrupulous and unflinching history to remind them of the cost of inaction."-Alan Furst<br><br>"The author makes a very strong case-backed by research and investigation, and supported by quotations from key players in and around the United Nations."-Diego Arria, former Venezuelan ambassador to the UN<BR><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Adam LeBor</b> is the Central Europe Correspondent for the <i>Times</i>, covering the former Yugoslavia and the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague.
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