Interventions

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Over forty years of service to the United Nations
- the last ten as Secretary-General
- Kofi Annan has been at the centre of the major geopolitical events of our time. Drawing on his recollections of major figures from Tony Blair to George W. Bush Yasser Arafat to Yitzhak Rabin Saddam Hussein to Nelson Mandela Interventions" offers a unique behind-the-scenes view of global diplomacy during one of the most consequential eras in recent history. With eloquence & immediacy Annan recounts the highs & lows of his years at the United Nations: from shuttle-diplomacy during crises such as Kosovo Lebanon & Israel-Palestine to the disastrous & wrenching battles over the Iraq War & the creation of the landmark Responsibility to Protect doctrine. He writes with unprecedented candour about the organization's ongoing challenges & failed efforts
- the tragedies of Somalia Rwanda & Bosnia continuing violence in the Middle East the endurance of AIDS & endemic poverty on his home continent & much else. Yet Annan embeds these crises within the context of global politics revealing how time & again the nations of the world have retreated from the UN's radical mandate. He makes a passionate case for a United Nations that serves the interests of individuals around the globe rather than of its member states & that intervenes rather than stands by in the face of humanitarian crisis. Ultimately Annan shows readers a world where solutions are available if we have the will & courage to see them through. An unparalleled personal history of international statecraft " Interventions" is as much a memoir as a guide to world order
- past present & future."