First published 1973
The United Nations stands as humanity's great hope for peace, but inside its gleaming headquarters, the international secretariat tears itself apart. Bureaucrats who once believed in global cooperation now navigate an organization that has become paralyzed by its own contradictions. The very people tasked with serving the world's nations find themselves trapped in a system that betrays its founding ideals. As the secretariat grows increasingly dysfunctional, those within it must confront the gap between the UN's noble mission and its broken reality. Hazzard reveals how an institution built to unite the world becomes a monument to institutional failure, leaving its servants to witness the slow death of their shared dream.
Genres: fiction, 20th-century, contemporary, 21st-century, academic
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: disillusionment, institutional-corruption
286 pages · Hardcover · Little, Brown