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The United States and the United Nations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

H. Field Haviland Jr
Affiliation:
A member of the Board of Editors of International Organization, is Director of Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution, Washington D.C.
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Extract

The United States was the principal architect and builder of the United Nations, and the great mass of the American people welcomed the new edifice with enthusiasm and high—perhaps too high—hopes for a new world. Now, two decades and many crises later, United States opinion is wiser and more ambivalent. A large majority of the public still gives general support to the United Nations, but its enthusiasm is tempered by experience, and a vociferous minority holds views ranging from biting criticism to total rejection.

Type
III. The United Nations and Its Members
Copyright
Copyright © The IO Foundation 1965

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References

1 White House Press Release, “Remarks of The President to the United Nations General Assembly,” 12 17, 1963Google Scholar.

2 “My Proposals for a ‘Can-Win’ Foreign Policy,” Life, January 17, 1964.

3 White House Press Release, “Remarks of The President to the United Nations General Assembly,” December 17, 1963.