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Moments & Magic in Forty Years Trying to Save the World

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"Heartwarming, stark, and fascinating, this memoir will take you beyond the borders of several countries and your own world."Somehow they trusted me.Kings, Prime Ministers, dedicated civil servants and a few of the world’s poorest folk shared their aspirations and agonies, and together we worked for change. Weeping Kings and Wild Boars, a collection of memoir essays, tells their stories and mine ... Read more

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Who Killed Hammarskjold?

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One of the outstanding mysteries of the twentieth century, and one with huge political resonance, is the death of Dag Hammarskjold and his UN team in a plane crash in central Africa in 1961. Just minutes after midnight, his aircraft plunged into thick forest in the British colony of Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), abruptly ending his mission to bring peace to the Congo. Across the world, many ... Read more

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In this book Alex Perry explores how humanitarian activities across the world, including those of celebrities like George Clooney and others brought pressure to bear that resulted in the creation of South Sudan as a separate state. This at a time when senior diplomats believed the chances of the new nation surviving and thriving were slim. Predictably, it seems an outcome that should have solved
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Citizenship between Empire and Nation

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Conquest

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The War In South Africa: Its Cause and Conduct

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