Hammarskjöld : A Life /

After his mysterious death, Dag Hammarskjöld was described by John F. Kennedy as the "greatest statesman of our century." Second secretary-general of the United Nations (1953-61), he is the only person to have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize posthumously. Through extensive research in...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lipsey, Roger, 1942-
Corporate Author: Project Muse
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan Press, 2013
Series:UPCC book collections on Project Muse.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Hammarskjöld, Dag, > 1905-1961.
United Nations > Biography.
Statesmen > Sweden > Biography.
World politics > 1955-1965.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Mr. Hammarskjöd
  • 2. Steep Swedish hills
  • 3. You asked for burdens
  • 4. The fire of clear eyes : 1950-1952
  • 5. Monastic enough?
  • 6. Possibility never touched upon
  • 7. This little republic
  • 8. A swarm of ideas
  • 9. It takes life to love life
  • 10. Un chinois aux yeux bleus
  • 11. Causal chains
  • 12. Unrighteous shooting wars
  • 13. Into all corners of the earth
  • 14. Face the cold winds
  • 15. Like fighting an avalanche
  • 16. Have mercy upon our efforts
  • 17. Far away a heart stops
  • Afterword: The spirit in public life.

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