Noted journalist Lucia Mouat contributes her collection of books on the UN Secretary-General to Seton Hall University

UN expert, noted journalist and author Lucia Mouat contributes her collection of books on the UN Secretary-General to Seton Hall.

Lucia Mouat acquired and used over ninety books in writing her seminal work “The United Nations’ Top Job: A Close Look at the Work of Eight Secretaries General” published in 2014.  They are being inventoried and maintained by Seton Hall University’s Walsh Library.

Ms. Mouat covered the United Nations in her career as a longtime correspondent and editorial writer for the Christian Science Monitor.  A member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Academic Council on the United Nations System, she holds a BA in international relations from the University of Wisconsin and an MA from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Massachusetts.

Ms. Mouat participated in a School of Diplomacy event “Selecting the Secretary-General: Process, Politics and Potential” taking place on the eve of the UN’s selection of its ninth Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, at the Association of the Bar of New York City (15 August 2016).  Other panelists included Mogens Lykketoft, President of the UN General Assembly, and Edward Luck, Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and the event was moderated by Hugh Dugan, Sharkey Distinguished Visiting Scholar, School of Diplomacy.

Thanks is due to Ms. Mouat for her interest in educating the next generation of United Nations scholars and leaders and for her thoughtful generosity.

Here is the inventory of titles:

• A Global Agenda, Issues Before the 59th General Assembly of the United Nations.
• Aldridge, Rebecca.  Modern World Leaders – Ban Ki-Moon.
• Annan, Kofi with Nader Mousavizadeh.  Interventions, A Life in War and Peace.
• Bagudu, Richard.  Judging Annan.
• Barros, James.  Trygve Lie and the Cold War – The UN Secretary-General Pursues Peace, 1946-1953.
• Basic Facts About the United Nations.
• Bennis, Phyllis.  Calling the Shots – How Washington Dominates Today’s UN.
• Blood, Thomas.  Madam Secretary.
• Boudreau, Thomas E.  Sheathing the Sword – The U.N. Secretary-General and the Prevention of International Conflict.
• Boutros-Ghali, Boutros.  Building Peace and Development 1994.
• Boutros-Ghali, Boutros.  Unvanquished, A U.S.-U.N. Saga.
• Bowles, Newton R.  The Diplomacy of Hope, The United Nations Since the Cold War.
• Buckley, William F., Jr.  United Nations Journal: A Delegate’s Odyssey.
• Burgess, Stephen F.  The United Nations Under Boutros Boutros-Ghali, 1992-1997.
• Chesterman, Simon, ed.  Secretary or General?  The UN Secretary-General in World Politics.
• Claude, Inis L., Jr.  Swords Into Plowshares, The Problems and Progress of International Organization.
• de Cuellar, Javier Perez.  Pilgrimage for Peace.
• Dobbins, James, et al.  The UN’s Role in Nation-Building from the Congo to Iraq.
• Dreier, David and Lee H. Hamilton, Co-Chairs.  Enhancing U.S. Leadership at the United Nations.
• Eckhard, Frederic.  Kofi Annan – A Spokesperson’s Memoir.
• Evans, Gareth J.  Cooperating for Peace, The Global Agenda for the 1990s and Beyond.
• Fasulo, Linda.  An Insider’s Guide to the UN.
• Fasulo, Linda M.  Representing America – Experiences of U.S. Diplomats at the U.N.
• Finger, Seymour Maxwell.  American Ambassadors at the UN.
• Finger, Seymour Maxwell and Arnold A. Saltzman.  Bending With The Winds – Kurt Waldheim and the United Nations.
• Firestone, Bernard J.  The United Nations Under U Thant, 1961-1971.
• Foreign Policy, Fall 1995.
• Franck, Thomas M.  Nation Against Nation.
• Gaglione, Anthony.  The United Nations Under Tryve Lie, 1945-1953.
• Gordenker, Leon.  The UN Secretary-General and Secretariat.
• Gordenker, Leon.  The UN Secretary-General and the Maintenance of Peace.
• Heller, Peter B.  The United Nations Under Dag Hammarskjold, 1953-1961.
• Holbrooke, Richard.  To End A War.
• Holtje, James.  Divided It Stands – Can the United Nations Work?
• Hume, Cameron R.  The United Nations, Iran, and Iraq.
• Image & Reality – Questions About the United Nations, How It Works and Who Pays For It.
• Jakobson, Max.  The United Nations in the 1990s, A Second Chance?
• Kallen, Horace Meyer.  The League of Nations, Today and Tomorrow.
• Kennedy, Paul.  The Parliament of Man – The Past, Present, and Future of the United Nations.
• Kille, Kent J.  From Manager to Visionary, The Secretary-General of the United Nations.
• Kille, Kent J., ed.  The UN Secretary-General and Moral Authority, Ethics and Religion in International Leadership.
• Koestler-Grack, Rachel A.  Modern Peacemakers – Kofi Annan, Guiding the United Nations.
• Krasno, Jean E.  The United Nations, Confronting the Challenges of a Global Society.
• Lankevich, George J.  The United Nations Under Javier Perez de Cuellar, 1982-1991.
• Lie, Trygve.  Water as a Historical Symbol and Documentary Source.
• Luck, Edward C.  Mixed Messages, American Politics and International Organization, 1919-1999.
• Malloch-Brown, Mark.  The Unfinished Global Revolution – The Pursuit of a New International Politics.
• Malone, David M., ed.  The UN Security Council – From the Cold War to the 21st Century.
• Meisler, Stanley.  A Man of Peace in a World of War – Kofi Annan.
• Meisler, Stanley.  United Nations – The First Fifty Years.
• Mingst, Karen A. and Margaret P. Karns.  The United Nations in the Post-Cold War Era.
• Mires, Charlene.  Capital of the World – The Race to Host the United Nations.
• Muldoon, James P., Jr., et al.  Multilateral Diplomacy and the United Nations Today, Second Edition.
• Myint-U, Thant and Amy Scott.  The UN Secretariat, A Brief History (1945-2006).
• Newman, Edward.  The UN Secretary-General From the Cold War to the New Era.
• Picco, Giandomenico.  Man Without a Gun – One Diplomat’s Secret Struggle To Free Hostages, Fight Terrorism, And End A War.
• Platte, Tom.  Giants of Asia. What the United Nations is Really Like: The View From the Top.
• Power, Samantha.  Chasing the Flame – Sergio Vieira De Mello and the Fight to Save the World.
• Riggs, Robert E. and Jack C. Pinto.  The United Nations – International Organization and World Politics.
• Righter, Rosemary.  Utopia Lost – The United Nations and World Order.
• Rikhye, Indar Jit.  The Sinai Blunder: Withdrawal of the United Nations Emergency Force Leading to the Six-Day War of June 1967.
• Rivlin, Benjamin and Leon Gordenker.  The Challenging Role of the UN Secretary-General, Making “The Most Impossible Job in the World” Possible.
• Roberts, Adam and Benedict Kingsbury.  United Nations, Divided World.
• Ryan, James Daniel.  The United Nations Under Kurt Waldheim, 1972-1981.
• Schlesinger, Stephen C.  Act of Creation, The Founding of the United Nations.
• Schwebel, Stephen M.  The Secretary-General of the United Nations, His Political Powers and Practice.
• Shawcross, William.  Deliver Us From Evil – Peacekeepers, Warlords and a World of Endless Conflict.
• Stuart, Peter C.  Planting the American Flag – Twelve Men Who Expanded the United States Overseas.
• Sutterlin, James S.  The United Nations and the Maintenance of International Security – A Challenge To Be Met.
• Tessitore, John.  Kofi Annan – The Peacekeeper.
• Thakur, Ramesh.  The United Nations, Peace and Security.
• Thant, Aye Aye.  One World – Visions of U Thant, Secretary-General of the United Nations, 1961-1971.
• Thant, U.  View From The UN.
• The Blue Helmets, A Review of United Nations Peace-Keeping.
• Traub, James.  The Best Intentions – Kofi Annan and the UN in the Era of American World Power.
• Truman, Harry S.  Memoirs, Years of Trial and Hope.
• United Nations Secretaries-General: Kofi Annan, Kurt Waldheim, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon, Dag Hammarskjold, U Thant.
• Urquhart, Brian.  A Life in Peace in War.
• Urquhart, Brian and Erskine Childers.  A World In Need of Leadership: Tomorrow’s United Nations, A Fresh Appraisal.
• Urquhart, Brian.  Hammarskjold.
• Van Dusen, Henry P.  Dag Hammarskjold – The Statesman and His Faith.
• Waldheim, Kurt.  In the Eye of the Storm.
• Waldheim, Kurt.  The Challenge of Peace.
• Weiss, Thomas G. and Leon Gordenker, eds.  NGOs, The UN, and Global Governance.
• Weiss, Thomas G. and Ramesh Thakur.  Global Governance and the UN – An Unfinished Journey.
• Weiss, Thomas G., ed.  Beyond UN Subcontracting, Task-Sharing With Regional Security Arrangements and Service-Providing NGOs.
• Weiss, Thomas G., et al.  UN Voices, The Struggle for Development and Social Justice.
• Weiss, Thomas G. and Sam Dawes.  The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations.
• Williams, Ian.  The U.N. for Beginners.
• Winters, Paul A.  Interventionism – Current Controversies.