{"product_id":"interventions-isbn-9780143123958","title":"Interventions","description":"\u003cb\u003eA “candid, courageous, and unsparing memoir” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e) of post–Cold War politics and global statecraft\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten with eloquence and unprecedented candor, \u003ci\u003eInterventions\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of Kofi Annan’s remarkable time at the center of the world stage. After forty years of service at the United Nations, Annan—who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001—shares his unique experiences during the terrorist attacks of September 11; the American invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan; the war between Israel, Hizbollah, and Lebanon; the brutal conflicts of Somalia, Rwanda, and Bosnia; and the geopolitical transformations following the end of the Cold War. A personal biography of global statecraft, \u003ci\u003eInterventions\u003c\/i\u003e is as much a memoir as a guide to world order—past, present, and future.\"No one ever came closer to being the voice of “we the peoples” and no one paid a higher price for it. The world still needs such a voice, but the next person who tries to fill that role will want to reflect long and hard on the lessons of this \u003cb\u003ecandid, courageous, and unsparing memoir.\u003c\/b\u003e\" --\u003cb\u003eMichael Ignatieff, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Avoiding the nebulous rhetoric of many political memoirs, Annan instead provides \u003cb\u003ea peacemaker’s invaluable perspective\u003c\/b\u003e on those crises as well as insight into the daunting challenges facing international diplomats in today’s strife-ridden world.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003e[A] first-hand survey of efforts to attend to the world’s ills, \u003c\/b\u003erecalling an alphabet of post-Cold War U.N. peace work from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.” --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Written as part autobiography, part history lesson, \u003cb\u003e[\u003ci\u003eInterventions\u003c\/i\u003e] is infused with Mr. Annan’s accounts of private encounters with world leaders.” \u003c\/b\u003e --Rick Gladstone, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[An]\u003cb\u003e interesting \u003c\/b\u003ememoir… The accounts related by Annan… are \u003cb\u003eworth every minute spent reading\u003c\/b\u003e them. \u003cb\u003eNobody alive can quite match what he has heard and seen. \u003c\/b\u003eAs a bonus, he names names of national rulers and less well-known diplomats. For readers who want to identify heroes and villains, the book provides plenty of material. … With his book as his legacy, perhaps [Annan] will inspire younger individuals to make inroads against  incredible cruelty around the world.” --\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An insider's personal account based on lessons drawn from long experience.” --\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Kofi Annan is a great global leader of our time. This wonderful book gives the readers a lucid and enjoyable understanding of the kind of reasoning and commitment that has made Annan such a force for good in the troubled world in which we live.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e    --Amartya Sen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Behind the velvet tones of Kofi Annan's dulcet Ghanaian voice, there's a fearsome and fearless iron will, intent on finding solutions to some of the world's biggest problems.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e    --Bono\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An insightful and candid account of the most defining and complex conflicts and peace deals of the last decades of the 20th century intertwined with the vision and the life journey of one of the most outstanding global leaders of our times. Kofi Annan marks his footprint in history with leadership values in which truth, humility and dignity are the weaving threads.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e    -- Graça Machel, founder of the Graça Machel Trust\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Kofi Annan gives a candid, clear and thoughtful account of his successes and failures in one of the world’s most challenging and thankless jobs.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e    --Lee Kuan Yew, former prime minister of the Republic of Singapore\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eKofi Annan \u003c\/b\u003eserved as secretary-general of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006—the first sub-Saharan African to hold the post and the first to emerge from the ranks of the U.N. staff. He lives in Geneva, Switzerland.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304442220773,"sku":"NP9780143123958","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143123958.jpg?v=1767730118","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/interventions-isbn-9780143123958","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}