Description
This is the first historical biography in English to be published on Egyptian scholar-diplomat, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, the most intellectually accomplished of the nine UN secretaries-general. The first African and first Arab to occupy the post, Boutros-Ghali held the office in the momentous five post-Cold War years (1992-1996), massively expanding UN peacekeeping and leading intellectual debates on development, democratisation, and human rights. He had earlier been a key architect of the Egypt-Israel peace treaty as Egypt’s minister of state for foreign affairs, a major figure in Third World diplomacy, and a Professor of International Law and International Relations. This accessible biography sets Boutros-Ghali’s career within the political, social, and cultural contexts from which he emerged.
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Table of Contents
1 Noblesse Oblige: A Committed Coptic Christian 2 The Prophet: Pilgrimage to Jerusalem 3 The Proselytiser: The Organisation of African Unity and the Non-Aligned Movement 4 The Pharaoh: The Perils of Peacemaking 5 The Pope on the East River: Development, Democratisation, and Human Rights 6 Legacy
