"Absorbing." --Booklist "Comprehensive and well written. . . . Anyone genuinely interested in the affairs of this all-important world body, ultimate guarantor of peace and stability, should definitely read it." --The Irish Times "Stanley Meisler has made the U.N. story come alive as a flesh-and-blood drama of outsized egos clashing over high-stakes issues." --Doyle McManus, Washington bureau chief, Los Angeles Times Rarely does a prominent world figure cooperate with a biographer who offers no say over the book's contents, no prepublication examination of the manuscript, and no guarantee that…mehr
"Absorbing." --Booklist "Comprehensive and well written. . . . Anyone genuinely interested in the affairs of this all-important world body, ultimate guarantor of peace and stability, should definitely read it." --The Irish Times "Stanley Meisler has made the U.N. story come alive as a flesh-and-blood drama of outsized egos clashing over high-stakes issues." --Doyle McManus, Washington bureau chief, Los Angeles Times Rarely does a prominent world figure cooperate with a biographer who offers no say over the book's contents, no prepublication examination of the manuscript, and no guarantee that the final product will present its subject in a positive light. In Kofi Annan, former Los Angeles Times foreign and diplomatic correspondent Stanley Meisler traces Annan's unconventional rise from optimistic student to striving personnel and budget specialist in the United Nations bureaucracy to full-time manager of the world's crises. Kofi Annan presents a unique portrait of this widely admired leader--with his own view of events tempered and augmented by those of his allies and opponents, defenders and detractors. It is a must-read for anyone interested in diplomacy, international affairs, war and peace, and the daunting task of saving the world from the ravages of war.
Stanley Meisler is the author of United Nations: The First Fifty Years, the only authoritative history of the U.N. He has known Kofi Annan for many years, having covered him during most of Annan's career as a public figure. For twenty years, Meisler covered much of the world for the Los Angeles Times, returning to the United States to cover the U.N. in New York and the State Department in Washington. Meisler still contributes articles to the paper's Book Review, Sunday Opinion, and Art sections. He has also contributed to Foreign Affairs, The Atlantic, Reader's Digest, and other publications.
Inhaltsangabe
Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1 Ghana and America. 2 Through the UN System. 3 The Grand Illusion of the First Persian Gulf War. 4 In the Footsteps of Ralph Bunche. 5 Peacekeeping. 6 The Stain of Rwanda. 7 Charade over Bosnia. 8 Supplanting Boutros Ghali. 9 The New Secretary General. 10 Intervention: Kosovo and East Timor. 11 The Nobel Peace Prize. 12 Interlude in Vienna and Africa. 13 Facing the American Juggernaut. 14 Relevance and Melancholia. 15 Oil for Food and Kojo. 16 The Year of Summing Up. Kofi Annan s Nobel Peace Prize Lecture. Chronology. Sources. Index.
Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1 Ghana and America. 2 Through the UN System. 3 The Grand Illusion of the First Persian Gulf War. 4 In the Footsteps of Ralph Bunche. 5 Peacekeeping. 6 The Stain of Rwanda. 7 Charade over Bosnia. 8 Supplanting Boutros Ghali. 9 The New Secretary General. 10 Intervention: Kosovo and East Timor. 11 The Nobel Peace Prize. 12 Interlude in Vienna and Africa. 13 Facing the American Juggernaut. 14 Relevance and Melancholia. 15 Oil for Food and Kojo. 16 The Year of Summing Up. Kofi Annan s Nobel Peace Prize Lecture. Chronology. Sources. Index.
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