Peacemaker
u thant, the united nations and the untold story of the 1960s
$34.79
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
30 September 2025
Summary
Peacemaker: The Forgotten Legacy of U Thant
In December 1971, after stepping down as the United Nations’ longest-serving Secretary-General, U Thant was ranked the sixth ‘most admired man’ in America. So why is he largely forgotten today?
In Peacemaker, Thant Myint-U traces his grandfather’s rise from schoolteacher in a small Burmese backwater in 1947 to celebrity at the centre of global politics just two decades later. He reveals U Thant’s integral yet forgotten roles in som…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781838958954 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1838958959 |
| Author: | Thant Myint-U |
| Publisher: | Atlantic Books |
| Imprint: | Atlantic Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 472g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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Critics Review
‘A wonderful subject, beautifully written, evoking a world startlingly like and unlike our own’ Rory Stewart‘A brilliant portrait not just of a great and unjustly forgotten man, but of an entire age’ William Dalrymple ‘Important reading at any time in history; essential in the world of today’ Peter Frankopan
About The Author
Thant Myint-U
Thant Myint-U is an award-winning historian, writer, conservationist and international public servant. An Honorary Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, he is the author of five books and his writing has been featured in many publications including the New York Times and the Financial Times.
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