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The United Nations: International Organization and World Politics
Published in Paperback by Wadsworth Publishing (27 August, 1999)
Authors: Lawrence Ziring, Robert Edwon United Nations Riggs, and Jack C. Plano
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Subtle but pervasive pro-US bias
The revisions contained in the third edition are the work of Lawrence Ziring, professor at the University of Western Michigan. Ziring is a not an obvious candidate to be writing what is designed to be a textbook on the UN. He has publicly supported U.S. policies which are contrary to the spirit and the letter of U.N. principles, including the 'humanitarian' bombings in Yugoslavia and U.S. attacks on alleged terrorist camps in Afghanistan and the biological weapons plant (which later turned out to be a pharmaceuticals factory) in Sudan. Ziring is also a member of the Atlantic Council, a Washington-based think-tank with people such as Robert McNamara and James A. Baker on its board of directors. The Atlantic Council focuses primarily upon supporting expanded roles for NATO.

As might be expected, in view of Ziring's credentials, the 'textbook' is written with a consistently proUS, and generally anti-UN bias. It tends to downplay the UN's effectiveness, it attempts to demonstrate that all issues must be resolved within the context of political realism, and it implies on every occasion available that regional alternatives are to be preferred over the UN. These leitmotifs are pervasive throughout the book, with the exception of a few small patches of optimistic idealism, remnants no doubt of the second edition which Ziring failed to purge.

The biases of the book are nevertheless put forth with subtlety. When Ziring writes of the US refusal to pay its back dues to the UN, for instance, he refrains from ever using the word "refuse", opting instead for evasive locutions such as "reductions in the U.S. contributions were made necessary by subsequent congressional action...." Relative space allocations are used to forward the political agenda as much as the normative commentary: e.g. the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is given more space than on the UN Human Rights Commission, and in the entirety of this 552 page book, there are only about two or three pages-worth of information about UN environmental initiatives. In terms of security issues, the UN is portrayed as a last ditch recourse which should normally defer to 'more effective' regional organizations such as NATO and the OAS.

As an example of sophisticated pro-American propaganda, this book is high quality; as a textbook for studying the UN, however, it can only be recommended to those in search of a tool for undermining the organization's legitimacy.


The Ayub Khan Era; Politics in Pakistan, 1958-1969.
Published in Hardcover by Syracuse University Press (1971)
Author: Lawrence, Ziring
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FALSE STATEMENTS ABOUT AYUB KHAN
This book is totally a book that contains history guidelines and it fails to focus on Ayub Khan as a leader. It merely just contains opinions about Ayub Khan without any justification. For all the readers out there, do not buy this book. Don't waist your breath.


The Asian political dictionary
Published in Unknown Binding by ABC-Clio ()
Author: Lawrence Ziring
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Asian Security Issues: National Systems & International Relations (Asian Forum Ser.)
Published in Paperback by Western Michigan Univ (1988)
Authors: Lawrence Ziring and David G. Dickason
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Bangladesh: From Mujib to Ershad An interpretive Study
Published in Hardcover by University Press (1994)
Author: Lawrence Ziring
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Bangladesh: From Mujib to Ershad: An Interpretive Study
Published in Hardcover by Oxford Univ Pr (1996)
Authors: Lawerence Ziring and Lawrence Ziring
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International Relations: A Poltical Dictionary (5th Ed)
Published in Paperback by ABC-CLIO (1995)
Authors: Lawrence Ziring, Roy Olton, Jack C. International Relations Dictionary Plano, and Inc Abc-Clio
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Iran, Turkey, and Afghanistan: A Political Chronology
Published in Hardcover by Praeger Publishers (1981)
Author: Lawrence Ziring
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The Middle East
Published in Paperback by ABC-CLIO (1992)
Author: Lawrence Ziring
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The Middle East: A Political Dictionary (Clio Dictionaries in Political Science)
Published in Hardcover by ABC-CLIO (1992)
Author: Lawrence Ziring
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