Moscow Publishing House. "Young Guard". 1975. 208 pp. The print run is 65,000. Price 60 kopecks. In recent years, our country has published many books on various issues of the United Nations. The Institute of Soviet History of the USSR Academy of Sciences publishes collective studies on the history of the Soviet Union's activities at the United Nations. The fourth book of this edition is chronologically brought up to 1970 1 . Nevertheless, the book of the Soviet diplomat and historian L. N. Kutakov is of undoubted interest to both a wide range of readers and specialists. Its merit lies primarily in the fact that it convincingly shows the importance for the cause of peace and the United Nations itself of the consistently implemented Leninist peace-loving foreign policy of the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Soviet Government. The author exposes the aggressive foreign policy course of circles that oppose the peaceful settlement of the most important issues of our time and try to use the UN for their own purposes, to prevent it from making constructive decisions. L. N. Kutakov covers the most important events in international life of the late 60s-early 70s, recreates a fairly complete picture of the situation that developed during this period in the UN and the activities of one of its most important organs , the Security Council. The book is read with great interest. It is distinguished by a well-thought-out composition, written in a good literary language. It contains many interesting facts about the activities of various UN bodies, primarily the Security Council, which are known only to direct participants in the events. The value of the book also lies in the fact that, by providing documentary and factual materials, the author was able to convey the direct atmosphere of the activities of Soviet diplomats, the UN Secretary-General and delegations of other countries. Working in the United Nations since 1965, first at the USSR Mission to the UN, and then from 19 ... Читать далее