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Donald Harman Akenson - Conor: Biography of Conor Cruise O'Brien: Anthology v. 2 - 9780773512566 - KEX0288143
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Conor: Biography of Conor Cruise O'Brien: Anthology v. 2

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Description for Conor: Biography of Conor Cruise O'Brien: Anthology v. 2 Hardcover. 8vo Very good copy in dustwrapper . First edition. Irish History and Politics in the 20th century.
The career of Conor Cruise O'Brien reads like the work of several people, not just one. Having served as a diplomat under Sean MacBride, he came to world prominence as special representative to Dag Hammarskjold, Secretary General of the United Nations, in the then-Congo. Squeezed ruthlessly by big-power politics, he resigned and wrote To Katanga and Back (1962), a classic in modern African history and still the only book to get behind the polished marble facade to reveal how the United Nations works. O'Brien then became Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, and battled for academic freedom against one ... Read more

Product Details

Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773512566
SKU
KEX0288143
Shipping Time
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Ref
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About Donald Harman Akenson
Donald Harman Akenson is Douglas Professor of Canadian and Colonial History at Queen's University.

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