In this path-breaking study, Dr. Sood has explored the genesis of the United Nations Organization as a Phoenix resurrected from the ashes of the League of Nations. He has underlined the genetic fault in its formation wherein the five permanent members given veto power often abused it to thwart the most well-meaning efforts to “discipline†recalcitrant nations. In this context, and also in view of the changed scenario resulting from Gorbachev’s Glasnost and ...
