Interventions A Life in War and Peace

Name: Interventions A Life in War and Peace
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ISBN: 9780143123958

ISBN-10: 0143123955

ISBN-13: 9780143123958

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Authors: Kofi Annan, Nader Mousavizadeh

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A candid, courageous, and unsparing memoir” (The New York Review of Books) of postCold War politics and global statecraftWritten with eloquence and unprecedented candor, Interventions is the story of Kofi Annan’s remarkable time at the center of the world stage. After forty years of service at the United Nations, Annanwho received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001shares his unique experiences during the terrorist attacks of September 11; the American invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan; the war between Israel, Hizbollah, and Lebanon; the brutal conflicts of Somalia, Rwanda, and Bosnia; and the geopolitical transformations following the end of the Cold War. A personal biography of global…

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List price: $20.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 9/3/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 5.48" wide x 8.36" long x 0.95" tall
Weight: 0.638



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


Index