Kofi Annan : a man of peace in a world of war

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Label

Kofi Annan : a man of peace in a world of war

Title remainder

a man of peace in a world of war

Statement of responsibility

Stanley Meisler

Creator

• Meisler, Stanley

Subject

• Annan, Kofi A., (Kofi Atta)
• Statesmen -- Ghana -- Biography
• United Nations -- Biography
• World politics -- 1989-

Genre

• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

• "In Kofi Annan: A Man of Peace in a World of War, former Los Angeles Times foreign and diplomatic correspondent Stanley Meisler traces Annan's very 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." "Drawing on personal interviews with Annan, as well as numerous friends, U.N. colleagues, diplomats, and world leaders, Meisler examines Annan's entrance onto the world stage from his emergence as an astute and disarmingly frank negotiator during the lead-up to the first Gulf War. He also reviews Annan's tenure as head of U.N. Peacekeeping, where he supervised dozens of operations and launched a campaign to make U.N. peacekeeping efforts more professional."
• "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."--BOOK JACKET

Biography type

individual biography

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

B

Illustrations

• illustrations
• portraits

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography