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Hammarskjold

Brian Urquhart

1972630 pagesabout 10–14 hours
1972
first published
  • 1972Knopf · 630 pages · ENGISBN 9780394479606
  • 1973Penguin Random House · ENGISBN 9780370104218
  • 1984Harper & Row · 655 pages · ENGISBN 9780060911867
  • 1994W. W. Norton & Company · 688 pages · ENGISBN 9780393312539

This biography shows how Hammarskjold perfected the active but quiet diplomacy that proved successful in a series of seemingly hopeless situations, from the Suez Crisis to Indochina, and how he stood up for principle against the greatest powers.

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