Kofi Annan

Born in Ghana and educated in North America and Europe, Kofi Annan was elected Secretary-General of the United Nations in 1996, the first Black African to serve in that position and the first to come up through the ranks. Many regard Annan as a secretary-general on par with Dag Hammarskjöld, his great predecessor of a half-century ago. Written by a distinguished foreign affairs correspondent who has known Annan for many years and interviewed him for this book, Kofi Annan is authoritative but not authorized - a book that describes Annan's real achievements but does not soft-pedal his problems.

Autorentext
STANLEY MEISLER is the author of United Nations: The First Fifty Years, the only authoritative history of the U.N. He has known Kofi Annan for many years, having covered him during much of Annan's career as a public figure. For twenty years, Meisler covered much of the world for the Los Angeles Times, heading bureaus in Nairobi, Mexico City, Madrid, Toronto, and Paris. He then returned to the United States for a decade to cover the U.N. in New York and the State Department in Washington. Meisler still contributes articles to the paper's Book Review, Sunday Opinion, and Art sections. He has also contributed to Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the Atlantic, Reader's Digest, and numerous other periodicals.


Klappentext
In this thoughtful, balanced biography, former Los Angeles Times foreign and diplomatic correspondent Stanley Meisler traces Kofi Annan's unconventional rise from optimistic student to striving personnel and budget specialist in the United Nations bureaucracy to full-time manager of the world's crises. The book presents a unique portrait of this widely admired leader, with Annan's own view of events tempered and augmented by those of his allies and opponents, defenders and detractors.

Zusammenfassung
"Meisler has done an admirable job in portraying a complex and shrewd man...a fascinating read". (Books Quarterly, March 2007) "Meisler is a distinguished foreign affairs correspondent who has know Annan for many years and interviewed him for this book." (Diplomat, March 2007) "...anyone genuinely interested in the affairs of this important world body, ultimate guarantor of peace and stability, should read it." (The Irish Times Weekend Supplement, Saturday 21st April 2007)

Inhalt
Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1 Ghana and America. 2 Through the UN System. 3 The Grand Illusion of the First Persian Gulf War. 4 In the Footsteps of Ralph Bunche. 5 Peacekeeping. 6 The Stain of Rwanda. 7 Charade over Bosnia. 8 Supplanting Boutros-Ghali. 9 The New Secretary-General. 10 Intervention: Kosovo and East Timor. 11 The Nobel Peace Prize. 12 Interlude in Vienna and Africa. 13 Facing the American Juggernaut. 14 Relevance and Melancholia. 15 Oil for Food and Kojo. 16 The Year of Summing Up. Kofi Annan's Nobel Peace Prize Lecture. Chronology. Sources. Index.

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