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  • How the United Nations Has Fueled Global Chaos
  • By: Dore Gold
  • Narrated by: Robertson Dean
  • Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
  • 2.7 out of 5 stars (3 ratings)
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Tower of Babble

By: Dore Gold
Narrated by: Robertson Dean
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Summary

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 best-selling 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 best seller 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) 

©2004 Dore Gold (P)2004 Books on Tape, Inc.

Critic reviews

“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)

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

“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

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Scaremongering biased bush worshiping drivel

Would you try another book written by Dore Gold or narrated by Robertson Dean?

No. The author likely has some personal vendetta against the United Nations, as they do not look at the situation in an unbiased light/

Has Tower of Babble put you off other books in this genre?

No. This is a standout horror in the genre.

What aspect of Robertson Dean’s performance might you have changed?

It was very grand and impressive, and he has a good voice for these sort of things.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Anger and irritation. I had expected a balanced analysis of the problems of the UN, or even a rubbishing account which gave a decent summary of some of the weaknesses of the organisation. Instead I got a book which suggested that George Bush was taking on the mantle his father had left him, an utterly absurd statement as he is the president of the united states and should be acting for the country and not because of his father's legacy. It rubbished the UN again and again and its sensationalist writing only made me think that the author must be trying to deliberately misguide readers - it's common courtesy to at least give the opposite side of the argument and then refute it. Instead the book barely touches on anything but its supposed damming account of the United Nations, making it sound more absurd than accurate.

Any additional comments?

The author should try writing a book which people may actually believe.

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