PART ONE: THE UNITED NATIONS AND TRADITIONAL INTERNATIONAL VIOLENCE -- A Brief History of Approaches to Peace through International Organization -- Pre-League of Nations; The League of Nations; Background to United Nations Charter Provisions on the Control of International Violence -- The United Nations System for Maintaining International Peace and Security -- Peaceful Settlement of Disputes; Prohibitions on the Use of Force by States; Exceptions to Prohibitions on the Use of Force by States; United Nations Authority to Use Force -- The Security Council -- Palestine; Korea; Suez; The Six Day War; The 1973 Arab-Israeli War; Cyprus; Israel-Lebanon; Vietnam-Kampuchea-People's Republic of China; Iraq-Iran; The Falkland Islands; Concluding Note -- The General Assembly -- Peace-Keeping Forces; Arab-Israeli Conflict; The Definition of Aggression; Friendly Relations -- The Secretary-General -- Trygve Lie; Dag Hammarskjold; U Thant; Kurt Waldheim; Javier Perez de Cuellar -- The International Court of Justice -- Corfu Channel Case (United Kingdom v. Albania); Certain Expenses Case; Fisheries Jurisdiction Case (United Kingdom v. Iceland); Nuclear Tests Cases (Australia and New Zealand v. France); Iran Hostages Case; Conclusion -- Traditional International Violence: Overview, Conclusions, and Recommendations -- PART TWO: THE UNITED NATIONS AND NONTRADITIONAL INTERNATIONAL VIOLENCE -- Revolutionary Warfare -- Ideological Framework: Recrudescence of the Just War; United Nations Law and Practice: Description and Assessment; The UN and Southern Africa; The UN Operation in the Congo -- Revolutionary Violence -- Two Examples; Conclusions and Recommendations -- Unconventional Violence: Wars of ASsassination and International Terrorism -- Some Working Definitions; Historical and Political Context; United Nations Law and Practice: Description and Assessment; The Security Council and Entebbe; The Iran Hostage Crisis; The Hostages Convention and Other Recent Developments; Conclusions and Recommendations -- Nontraditional International Violence: Overview, Conclusions, and Recommendations