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Reporting from war zones around the globe, acclaimed journalist William Shawcross gives us an unforgettable portrait of a dangerous world and of the brave men and women, ordinary and extraordinary, who risk their lives to make and keep the peace. The end of the Cold War was followed by a... read more

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First Sentence

ON a dark afternoon in January 1999, with the wind chill factor down to minus ten and snow rushing around outside the thirty-eight floor of the United Nations headquarters in New York, the secretary general, Kofi Annan, could be forgiven for feeling beleaguered.

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  1. William Shawcross (Author)
 

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