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Orphan of the Cold War
Margaret Joan Anstee
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Description for Orphan of the Cold War
Hardback. This is the personal story of Margaret Anstee's experiences as Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the UN and Head of the UN peacekeeping mission in Angola from February 1992 to June 1993. It describes the suffering she witnessed and analyzes the reasons for the mission's failure. Num Pages: 582 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMA; 3JJPR; BG; GTJ; HBW; JPSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 48. Weight in Grams: 898.
This is the personal story of Dame Margaret Anstee's experiences as Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the UN for Angola and Head of the UN peacekeeping mission there from February 1992 to June 1993. Formerly a colony of Portugal, Angola was awarded independence following the democratization of Portugal in 1975. After independence, disagreement emerged between Angola's main ethno-political groups which resulted in one of the most bloody civil wars the world has known. The author, the first woman to head a peacekeeping mission, intersperses personal experiences with events as they unfold, describing the horrendous sufferings of the Angolan people ... Read more
This is the personal story of Dame Margaret Anstee's experiences as Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the UN for Angola and Head of the UN peacekeeping mission there from February 1992 to June 1993. Formerly a colony of Portugal, Angola was awarded independence following the democratization of Portugal in 1975. After independence, disagreement emerged between Angola's main ethno-political groups which resulted in one of the most bloody civil wars the world has known. The author, the first woman to head a peacekeeping mission, intersperses personal experiences with events as they unfold, describing the horrendous sufferings of the Angolan people ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
582
Condition
New
Number of Pages
566
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333664452
SKU
V9780333664452
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About Margaret Joan Anstee
MARGARET JOAN ANSTEE
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