A Life In Peace And War
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A Life In Peace And War
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Author : Brian Urquhart
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Release Date : 1987
A Life In Peace And War written by Brian Urquhart and has been published by HarperCollins Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"The author depicts his life and his experiences as the Under Secretary-General of the United Nations." --
Interventions
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Author : Kofi Annan
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2012-09-04
Interventions written by Kofi Annan and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"[A] resolute, detailed, and unflinching review of [Annan’s] most difficult hours…No one ever came closer to being the voice of “we the peoples” and no one paid a higher price for it. The world still needs such a voice, but the next person who tries to fill that role will want to reflect long and hard on the lessons of this candid, courageous, and unsparing memoir." --Michael Ignatieff, The New York Review of Books Receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in December 2001, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan spoke to a world still reeling from the terrorist attacks of September 11. “Ladies and Gentlemen,” proclaimed Annan, “we have entered the third millennium through a gate of fire. If today, after the horror of 11 September, we see better, and we see further—we will realize that humanity is indivisible. New threats make no distinction between races, nations, or regions.” Yet within only a few years the world was more divided than ever—polarized by the American invasion of Iraq, the Arab-Israeli conflict, the escalating civil wars in Africa, and the rising influence of China. Interventions: A Life in War and Peace is the story of Annan’s remarkable time at the center of the world stage. After forty years of service at the United Nations, Annan shares here 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. With eloquence and unprecedented candor, Interventions finally reveals Annan’s unique role and unparalleled perspective on decades of global politics. The first sub-Saharan African to hold the position of Secretary-General, Annan has led an extraordinary life in his own right. His idealism and personal politics were forged in the Ghanaian independence movement of his adolescence, when all of Africa seemed to be rising as one to demand self-determination. Schooled in Africa, Europe, and the United States, Annan ultimately joined the United Nations in Geneva at the lowest professional level in the still young organization. Annan rose rapidly through the ranks and was by the end of the Cold War prominently placed in the dramatically changing department of peacekeeping operations. His stories of Presidents Clinton and Bush, dictators like Saddam Hussein and Robert Mugabe, and public figures of all stripes contrast powerfully with Annan’s descriptions of the courage and decency of ordinary people everywhere struggling for a new and better world. Showing the successes of the United Nations, Annan also reveals the organization’s missed opportunities and ongoing challenges—inaction in the Rwanda genocide, continuing violence between Israelis and Palestinians, and the endurance of endemic poverty. Yet Annan’s great strength in this book is his ability to embed these tragedies within the context of global politics, demonstrating how, time and again, the nations of the world have retreated from the UN’s founding purpose. From the pinnacle of global politics, Annan made it his purpose to put the individual at the center of every mission for peace and prosperity. A personal biography of global statecraft, Annan’s Interventions is as much a memoir as a guide to world order—past, present, and future.
Reflections On A Life In Peace And War
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Author : H. W. Baldwin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001-09-01
Reflections On A Life In Peace And War written by H. W. Baldwin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-09-01 with Great Britain categories.
War And Peace
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Author : Leo Tolstoy
language : en
Publisher: Collector's Library
Release Date : 2004
War And Peace written by Leo Tolstoy and has been published by Collector's Library this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 categories.
Widely regarded as the greatest novel in any language, War and Peace is primarily concerned with the histories of five aristocratic families--particularly the Bezukhovs, the Bolkonskys, and the Rostovs--the members of which are portrayed against a vivid background of Russian social life during the war against Napoleon (1805-14). The theme of war, however, is subordinate to the story of family existence, which involves Tolstoy's optimistic belief in the life-asserting pattern of human existence. The heroine, Natasha Rostova, for example, reaches her greatest fulfilment through her marriage to Pierre Bezukhov and her motherhood. The novel also sets forth a theory of history, concluding that there is a minimum of free choice; all is ruled by an inexorable historical determinism
War And Peace And War
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Author : Peter Turchin
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2007
War And Peace And War written by Peter Turchin and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
Argues that the key to the formation of an empire lies in a society's capacity for collective action, resulting from people banding together to confront a common enemy, and describing how the growth of empires leads to a growing dichotomy between rich and poor, increasing conflict instead of cooperation, and inevitable dissolution. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
A Soldier S Life In War And Peace
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Author : A. S. Naravane
language : en
Publisher: APH Publishing
Release Date : 2004
A Soldier S Life In War And Peace written by A. S. Naravane and has been published by APH Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Artillerymen categories.
"This book chronicles the life and times of Major General A.S. Naravane, both in peace and war. He joined the Indian Military Academy, Dehra Dun in 1936 and was commissioned in 1938. He was amongst the first few who were accepted for the Indian Artillery, which, till 1934 was offered exclusively by the British. His early days in the regiment were one of very hard work and training. The profession of arms was a very highly prized occupation and all was done to make the young officers worthy of being in it. The training methods then are described with much pride and nostalgia. Naravane went to war as a captain and his artillery regiment, the 2nd Field, soon saw action against the then invincible Germans under Rommel. At Bir Hachiem he was taken prisoner. The trials and tribulations as a prisoner are worth reading, especially for the young officer, as they show that whatever the conditions, the first duty of every prisoner of war is to try and escape. Liberty may be lost, but courage and pride in one's regiment, never. The transition from the British Indian Army to a national army is brought out frankly but with restraint. His career and rise to the post of Director of Artillery is, in a way, the conflict of the old and the new that every pre-war officer had to face"--Dust jacket.
Into Exile
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Author : Elin Toona
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Into Exile written by Elin Toona and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with categories.
Peace And War
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Author : W. John Morgan
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-11-02
Peace And War written by W. John Morgan and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-02 with Philosophy categories.
Peace and War: Historical, Philosophical, and Anthropological Perspectives is an accessible, higher-level critical discussion of philosophical commentaries on the nature of peace and war. It introduces and analyses various philosophies of peace and war, and their continuing theoretical and practical relevance for peace studies and conflict resolution. Using a combination of both historical and contemporary philosophical perspectives, the book is at once eclectic in its approach and broad in its inquiry of these enduring phenomena of human existence.
Hammarskjold
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Author : Brian Urquhart
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Release Date : 1994
Hammarskjold written by Brian Urquhart and has been published by W. W. Norton this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
As the 1990s place greater demands on the UN, this inspiring biography shows how Hammarskjold perfected the active but quiet diplomacy that proved successful in a series of seemingly hopeless situations, from the Suez Crisis to Indochina, and how he stood up for principle against the greatest powers. Photos.
When Words Fail
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Author : Ed Vulliamy
language : en
Publisher: Granta Books
Release Date : 2018-09-13
When Words Fail written by Ed Vulliamy and has been published by Granta Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-13 with Music categories.
Can music make the world a better place? Can it really 'belong' to anyone? Can the magic, mystery and incertitude of music - of the human brain meeting or making sound - can it stop wars, rehabilitate the broken, unite, educate or inspire? From Jimi Hendrix playing 'Machine Gun' at The Isle of Wight Festival in 1970 to the Bataclan under siege in 2015, Ed Vulliamy has lived the music, met the legends, and asked, when words fail, might we turn to music? There's only one way to find out, and that is to listen...