Jonathan Wilkenfeld and
Michael ~recher, in International Studies
Quarterly (Mar. 1984), Quadrant Sub-
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Perrymount Rd., Haywards Heath RH16
3DH, England.
The United Nations (UN) is an easy target for critics on many counts.
But according to Wilkenfeld and Brecher, political scientists at the Uni-
versity of Maryland and McGill University, respectively, it handles its
toughest job very well.
In 160 international crises that occurred between 1945 and...