In this book, Australia's leaders and scholars, representing a wide range of interests and viewpoints, elaborate their vision of the future of the United Nations after the Cold War and after the Gulf War.

Cover -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. U.S. Policy and the Third World: The Postwar Era -- U.S. Interests and the Postwar World -- The Seventies: The System in Crisis -- The 1973 Oil Crisis and Negotiations -- The Assault from the Third World --...