San Antonio College Library

American Reference Books Annual Rimanelli offers a mammoth book with quite a few commendable features-thousands of entries, helpful organizational charts, lists of acronyms, photographs of key players, a committees listing, a detailed chronology of NATO's history, and an extensive bibliography.This title would be a useful addition to every library if an interest in European history, politics, and international relations exists.

The "global community" is a term we take for granted today. But how did the global community, both as an idea and as a reality, originate and develop over time? This book examines this concept by looking at the emergence, growth, and activities of international organizations--both governmental and nongovernmental--from the end of the nineteenth century to today. Akira Iriye, one of this country's most preeminent historians, proposes a significant...

Textbook on the historical development of international organizations and their aims and role in international relations - discusses their institutional framework, political power and economic role. References.

Which global issues have the most impact on our lives at the beginning of the 21st century? What's the relationship between developments in politics, ecology, the economy, security, and systems of global government, and how do we as individuals address the problems that they raise in an increasingly globalized world? Global Trends and Global Governance offers answers to these questions. It is a concise and practical guide that explains the key political,...