Sisyphus and the Avalanche: The United Nations, Egypt and Hungary

Stanley Hoffmann

International Organization, 1957, vol. 11, issue 3, 446-469

Abstract: The gods had condemned Sisyphus to push a rock up the top of a mountain, from which the rock kept rolling down. International organization seems to be a modern illustration of an old myth. After each crisis, new attempts are made to push the rock of peace up again, and no crisis has revealed the frustrating task of international organization more sharply than the recent shock of the Middle Eastern and Hungarian explosions.

Date: 1957
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