| Authors: |
Annan, Kofi A. (Kofi Atta)
Mousavizadeh, Nader.
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
World politics -- 1989-
Statesmen -- Ghana -- Biography.
Annan, Kofi A.(Kofi Atta)
United Nations -- Biography.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : Penguin Press, 2012. |
| Description: |
xiv, 383 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781594204203 1594204209 |
| Notes: |
Includes index. |
| Contents: |
Preface: The arc of intervention -- Prologue: Peacekeeper, peacemaker -- Independence: African beginnings -- Promises to keep: Somalia, Rwanda, Bosnia, and the trials of peacekeeping in a world of civil war -- Sovereignty and human rights: Kosovo, East Timor, Darfur, and the responsibility to protect -- A peoples/ United Nations: reforming global governance and restoring the rule of law -- The fate of the continent: Africa's wars, Africa's peace -- Redefining human security: the global fight against poverty and the millennium development goals --The world's fault line: peacemaking in the Middle East -- The wars of 9/11: terror, Afghanistan, Iraq, and the United Nations at the brink -- Epilogue: Dreams of a realist. |
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| Summary: |
With eloquence and immediacy, Annan writes about the highs and lows of his years at the United Nations: from shuttle-diplomacy during crises such as Kosovo, Lebanon and Israel-Palestine to the wrenching battles over the Iraq War to the creation of the landmark Responsibility to Protect doctrine. |