The Kirkpatrick Mission: Diplomacy Without Apology America at the United Nations 1981-1985

The author, legal counsel to Jeanne Kirkpatrick during her years at the UN, argues that she played a crucial part in re-establishing the USA''s prestige in world affairs, and in frustrating Soviet expansionism, thereby contributing to the liberation of Eastern Europe.

Allan Gerson is the chairman of Gerson International Law Group in Washington, D.C. Gerson is also a lecturer and professor of international law at George Washington University and Hebrew University of Jerusalem.