"Our Last Best Hope" -President John F. Kennedy

About the Book

"As America tries to deal with the consequences of its misfired Iraq expedition and the host of other challenges lurking in a murky future, this book will sharpen our thoughts on the uses and misuses of the UN and where it fits into Washington policies. The authors suggest an approach and specific policy elements that merit serious attention, even as they make clear they do not expect the UN will be any kind of panacea."
-Morton Abramowitz, Senior Fellow at The Century Foundation

By the same authors:

The Third Try: can the UN work?

Published in Australia by Scribe Books in 2005, The Third Try was selected for the short list of a prestigious New South Wales Literary Prize. The German translation, by Dr Michael Haupt, was released in 2006 by Parthas Verlag in Berlin.

from Third Try Australian reviews:

" a brilliant analysis of an often maligned organization that pledged international kinship and is struggling to reinvent itself to stand for something meaningful. An extremely significant book that is sure to rouse the public from its slumber. Five stars."
-Tony O'Loughlin, Australian Bookseller & Publisher, October 2005

" written for the lay reader and is set out in a clear, straightforward style Its accessible manner makes welcome reading when facing such a daunting subject."
-Chris Saliba, WebDiary

About the Author

M. James Wilkinson served as Deputy US Representative on the Security Council with the rank of Ambassador. Since retiring from his career in the American Foreign Service, he has been active in civic organizations and writing on international affairs.

Dr Alison Broinowski, formerly an Australian diplomat at the United Nations, teaches graduate students at Macquarie University and heads a research project on Asian/Australian fiction at the University of Wollongong. Her latest book is Allied and Addicted (2007).