Delusions of grandeur : the United Nations and global intervention / edited by Ted Galen Carpenter.

Distributor from jacket.

Based on a Cato Institute conference on the United Nations held in October 1996.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The mirage of global collective security / Ted Galen Carpenter -- The United Nations and the politics of reform / Michael Stopford -- The creation, fall, rise, and fall of the United Nations / John R. Bolton -- UN military missions as a snare for America / Doug Bandow -- Using the United Nations to advance U.S. interests / Robert B. Oakley -- UN military missions and the imperial presidency: internationalism by the back door / Alan Tonelson -- Getting UN military operations back to basics / John Hillen -- Systemic corruption at the United Nations / Stefan Halper -- Should the United Nations have the authority to levy taxes? / Daniel Gour -̌- Reforming the United Nations / Edward Luck -- The United Nations and the myth of overpopulation / Sheldon Richman -- A clean and comfortable planet without global regulation / Ronald Bailey -- Why we need the United Nations to protect the global environment / Gareth Porter -- Does the World Health Organization return good value to American taxpayers? / Richard E. Wagner -- Using the United Nations to advance sustainable growth with equity / Roy D. Morey -- The impact of the UN's "Development activities" on Third World development / Nicholas Eberstadt -- Nongovernmental organizations and international development bureaucracies / Michael Maren -- The record and relevance of the World Bank and the IMF / Ian Vs̀quez.