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Lipsey, Roger, 1942-
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Hammarskjöld, Dag, 1905-1961.
United Nations -- Biography.
World politics -- 1955-1965.
Statesmen -- Sweden -- Biography.
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Lipsey, Roger, 1942-
Hammarskjöld, Dag, 1905-1961.
United Nations -- Biography.
World politics -- 1955-1965.
Statesmen -- Sweden -- Biography.
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Hammarskjöld : a life /
Roger
Lipsey
.
by
Lipsey
,
Roger
,
1942-
University of Michigan Press, c2013
Call #:
341.23092 H224L
Subjects
Hammarskjöld, Dag, 1905-1961.
United Nations -- Biography.
World politics -- 1955-1965.
Statesmen -- Sweden -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780472118908 (hc)
0472118900 (hc)
Description:
xix, 738 p., [16] pages of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [615]-709) and index.
Contents:
Mr. Hammarskjöld -- Steep Swedish hills -- You asked for burdens -- The fire of clear eyes : 1950-1952 -- Monastic enough? -- Possibility never touched upon -- This little republic -- A swarm of ideas -- It takes life to love life -- Un chinois aux yeux bleus -- Causal chains -- Unrighteous shooting wars -- Into all corners of the earth -- Face the cold winds -- Like fighting an avalanche -- Have mercy upon our efforts -- Far away a heart stops -- Afterword: The spirit in public life.
Summary:
Drawing from little explored archives and personal correspondence, chronicles the life of the second secretary general of the United Nations who was killed in 1961 while en route to ceasefire negotiations in the Congo.
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