Norrie MacQueen 
The United Nations, Peace Operations and the Cold War [PDF ebook] 

This is the first introduction to the United Nation“s activities during the Cold War period. It combines a history of the UN with a broader account of east-west diplomacy during the Cold War and after. Norrie Mac Queen begins by looking at the formation, structure and functions of the UN. Then, within a chronological framework, he assesses its contribution to international security from the emergence of the UN“s peacekeeping role in 1945-56 right through to UN operations in the 1990s in Angola, Somalia and Bosnia.