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Tower of Babble

How the United Nations Has Fueled Global Chaos

How the United Nations Has Fueled Global Chaos

How the United Nations Has Fueled Global Chaos

By Dore Gold

By Dore Gold

By Dore Gold

By Dore Gold

By Dore Gold
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By Dore Gold
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Oct 25, 2005 | ISBN 9781400054947

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Nov 09, 2004 | ISBN 9781400083152

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Oct 11, 2004 | 540 Minutes

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    About Tower of Babble

    A United Nations insider exposes the ugly truth about the UN—including how UN organizations have been funding terrorist groups!

    In the New York Times bestseller Tower of Babble, former United Nations ambassador Dore Gold blows the lid off the UN’s shocking failures to keep international peace, its corruption, its rampant anti-Americanism, and its emboldening of terrorist organizations. Citing previously unpublished documents, a brand-new chapter exclusive to this paperback edition provides the untold story of the infamous oil-for-food scandal—including the real scandal, that the UN let oil-for-food money go to fund terrorist organizations.

    About Tower of Babble

    A United Nations insider exposes how anti-American and antidemocratic forces have hijacked the UN and put America and its allies at risk

    Politicians and pundits are imploring the United States to give the UN a major role in American foreign policy. But as bestselling author Dore Gold reveals in Tower of Babble, it is absurd to look to the UN to fight aggression, combat terrorism, and preserve global order. The UN is an abject failure—a fatally flawed organization that has actually accelerated and spread global chaos. And it is dominated by anti-Western forces, dictatorships, state sponsors of terrorism, and America’s worst enemies.

    In his New York Times bestseller Hatred’s Kingdom, Gold blew the lid off Saudi support for terrorism, and now he uncovers an even more important story. As a former UN ambassador, he has a unique insider’s perspective on why the UN fails to address—or in many cases exacerbates—the very problems it was created to solve. He shows how President Franklin Roosevelt’s great vision has been corrupted beyond recognition.

    Using internal UN documents and classified cables, Gold presents stark evidence of how the UN ignores mass murder, emboldens terrorists, props up dictators, and otherwise betrays its mission to protect the world’s security. Tower of Babble reveals:

    • Why America can—and indeed must—go outside the UN to address the most serious threats to national security

    • How the UN jeopardizes the success of the war on terror—and how terrorist groups have actually penetrated UN organizations

    • How, in the space of a year, the UN turned a blind eye to two horrifying episodes of mass murder—and why the slaughters could have been prevented

    • How the oil-for-food scandal only hints at the UN’s repeated failures to deal with Saddam Hussein’s Iraq

    • How the UN’s new international criminal court threatens America’s sovereignty

    • How the UN’s startling record of failure has led Presidents Truman, Kennedy, Johnson, Clinton, and George W. Bush to bypass the UN Security Council

    As this hard-hitting book reveals, it is, quite simply, a myth that the United Nations is a positive force for world order or the “sole source of international legitimacy.” And unless the United States and its allies recognize this now, they will continue to put themselves at risk.

    "Dore Gold’s book is informed and informative. It can be read with pleasure and profit by anyone with a genuine interest in the United Nations. I warmly recommend it."–Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, former Ambassador to the United Nations

    "For anyone wondering what’s wrong with the United Nations, this is the book to read. Providing both a concise history and an urgent warning for our own time, Dore Gold in clear and lively detail explains how and why the UN too often promotes not peace, but problems–and what we can do about it."–Claudia Rosett, columnist, the Wall Street Journal’s Opinionjournal.com

    "Dore Gold’s Tower of Babble is bound to be one of the most controversial critiques in the public debate on the UN."–Henry Kissinger, Former Secretary of State

    About Tower of Babble

    A United Nations insider exposes how anti-American and antidemocratic forces have hijacked the UN and put America and its allies at risk

    Politicians and pundits are imploring the United States to give the UN a major role in American foreign policy. But as bestselling author Dore Gold reveals in Tower of Babble, it is absurd to look to the UN to fight aggression, combat terrorism, and preserve global order. The UN is an abject failure—a fatally flawed organization that has actually accelerated and spread global chaos. And it is dominated by anti-Western forces, dictatorships, state sponsors of terrorism, and America’s worst enemies.

    In his New York Times bestseller Hatred’s Kingdom, Gold blew the lid off Saudi support for terrorism, and now he uncovers an even more important story. As a former UN ambassador, he has a unique insider’s perspective on why the UN fails to address—or in many cases exacerbates—the very problems it was created to solve. He shows how President Franklin Roosevelt’s great vision has been corrupted beyond recognition.

    Using internal UN documents and classified cables, Gold presents stark evidence of how the UN ignores mass murder, emboldens terrorists, props up dictators, and otherwise betrays its mission to protect the world’s security. Tower of Babble reveals:

    • Why America can—and indeed must—go outside the UN to address the most serious threats to national security

    • How the UN jeopardizes the success of the war on terror—and how terrorist groups have actually penetrated UN organizations

    • How, in the space of a year, the UN turned a blind eye to two horrifying episodes of mass murder—and why the slaughters could have been prevented

    • How the oil-for-food scandal only hints at the UN’s repeated failures to deal with Saddam Hussein’s Iraq

    • How the UN’s new international criminal court threatens America’s sovereignty

    • How the UN’s startling record of failure has led Presidents Truman, Kennedy, Johnson, Clinton, and George W. Bush to bypass the UN Security Council

    As this hard-hitting book reveals, it is, quite simply, a myth that the United Nations is a positive force for world order or the “sole source of international legitimacy.” And unless the United States and its allies recognize this now, they will continue to put themselves at risk.

    "Dore Gold’s book is informed and informative. It can be read with pleasure and profit by anyone with a genuine interest in the United Nations. I warmly recommend it."–Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, former Ambassador to the United Nations

    "For anyone wondering what’s wrong with the United Nations, this is the book to read. Providing both a concise history and an urgent warning for our own time, Dore Gold in clear and lively detail explains how and why the UN too often promotes not peace, but problems–and what we can do about it."–Claudia Rosett, columnist, the Wall Street Journal’s Opinionjournal.com

    "Dore Gold’s Tower of Babble is bound to be one of the most controversial critiques in the public debate on the UN."–Henry Kissinger, Former Secretary of State

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    About Dore Gold

    Dore Gold, the bestselling author of Hatred’s Kingdom, served as Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations from 1997 to 1999 and has been a diplomatic envoy to numerous international leaders. Gold, who earned his PhD in International Relations and Middle Eastern… More about Dore Gold

    About Dore Gold

    Dore Gold, the bestselling author of Hatred’s Kingdom, served as Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations from 1997 to 1999 and has been a diplomatic envoy to numerous international leaders. Gold, who earned his PhD in International Relations and Middle Eastern… More about Dore Gold

    About Dore Gold

    Dore Gold, the bestselling author of Hatred’s Kingdom, served as Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations from 1997 to 1999 and has been a diplomatic envoy to numerous international leaders. Gold, who earned his PhD in International Relations and Middle Eastern… More about Dore Gold

    Product Details

    Category: Domestic Politics | World Politics

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Forum Books
    Oct 25, 2005 | 352 Pages | 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 | ISBN 9781400054947

    Category: Domestic Politics | World Politics

    Ebook | $4.99
    Published by Forum Books
    Nov 09, 2004 | 320 Pages | ISBN 9781400083152

    Category: Domestic Politics | World Politics | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $17.50
    Published by Random House Audio
    Oct 11, 2004 | 540 Minutes | ISBN 9781415917336

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    Praise

    “Bound to be one of the most controversial critiques in the public debate on the UN.” —Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State

    “An exceptionally valuable and timely book . . . Shocking . . . Gold brings us face to face with the reality that, even with the passing of the Soviet Union, the UN’s moral failings have not much diminished.” —Commentary

    “Most conservatives, of course, realize by now that abolishing, or withdrawing from, the United Nations is never going to happen. Instead, they’re seeking to bring it to heel. The strategy is outlined by former Israeli ambassador to the UN Dore Gold in his book Tower of Babble.” —Los Angeles Times

    “Dore Gold’s excellent book Tower of Babble documents the UN’s shortcomings.” —New York Sun

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