a life in war and peace Annan, Kofi A. (Kofi Atta) creator Mousavizadeh, Nader. text Autobiography nyu New York Penguin Press 2012 monographic eng

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xiv, 383 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm 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. 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. Kofi Annan with Nader Mousavizadeh. Includes index. f-gh--- Annan, Kofi A. (Kofi Atta) United Nations Biography World politics 1989- Statesmen Ghana Biography INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WORLD POLITICS D839.7 A7 9781594204203 1594204209 9781846142970 1846142970 9780143123958 0143123955 2012008173 120308 20241101101832.0 ocn780063860 eng