A Life in Peace and War - Hardcover

Urquhart, Brian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060158409 ISBN 13: 9780060158408

Publisher: Harpercollins, 1987

Synopsis

The author depicts his life and his experiences as the Under Secretary-General of the United Nations

About this title

About the Author:

Sir Brian Urquhart succeeded Ralph Bunche as United Nations Undersecretary General for Special Political Affairs. He is Scholar in Residence at the Ford Foundation and author of A Life in Peace and War, also a Norton paperback.

From Publishers Weekly:

Former Under Secretary-General of the United Nations (and author of a highly regarded biography of Dag Hammarskjold), Urquhart has written an informative, incisive, and very readable account of his peacekeeping assignments from the earliest days of the UN until his retirement last year, an account that includes a clear explanation of how the organization works and where it has failed. His portraits of Hammarskjold and Kurt Waldheim are of particular interest. A profound admirer of the former, his appraisal of Waldheim is scathing. Urquhart served as a British intelligence officer during World War II and strongly opposed Operation "Market Garden," which turned out to be a major disaster. His inability to do anything to prevent it colored his view of the world ever after and gives the main body of his illustrated memoir a special poignancy. For all that, A Life in Peace and War is often very funny. It is certainly beautifully written.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0060158409
• ISBN 13: 9780060158408
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 390