Kofi Annan: A Man of Peace in a World of War

Author:   Stanley Meisler
Publisher:   Turner Publishing Company
ISBN:  

9780470281697


Pages:   384
Publication Date:   23 May 2008
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Stanley Meisler
Publisher:   Turner Publishing Company
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.524kg
ISBN:  

9780470281697


ISBN 10:   0470281693
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   23 May 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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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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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.

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