Kofi Annan A Man of Peace in a World of War [Hardcover]

In this thoughtful, balanced biography, formerLos Angeles Timesforeign and diplomatic correspondent Stanley Meisler traces Kofi Annan’s unconventional rise from optimistic student to striving personnel and budget specialist in the United Nations bureaucracy to full-time manager of the world’s crises. The book presents a unique portrait of this widely admired leader, with Annan’s own view of events tempered and augmented by those of his allies and opponents, defenders and detractors.

* Meisler has done an admirable job in portraying a complex and shrewd man…a fascinating read . (Books Quarterly,March 2007)

Meisler is a distinguished foreign affairs correspondent who has know Annan for many years and interviewed him for this book. (Diplomat,March 2007)

…comprehensive and well-written...anyone genuinely interested in the affairs of this all-important world body, ultimate guarantor of peace and stability, should read it. (The Irish Times Weekend Supplement,Saturday 21st April 2007)