Conor: A Biography of Conor Cruise O'Brien
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1994. First? Edition. First? Printing. 573, illus., notes, index, some wear and soiling to DJ, small tears to DJ edges. O'Brien is well known for his role in New York intellectual circles during the 1960's. Born in 1917 into an Ireland torn by nationalist passions, O'Brien was trained as a diplomat and rose to international prominence during the Belgian Congo crisis. As special representative for United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold, O'Brien was caught in the middle of big power politics. After resigning in a furor, he wrote To Katanga and Back (1962), a classic in modern African history and still the only book to reveal how the United Nations works behind its marble facade. O'Brien then became Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana and waged a battle for academic freedom against one of the most amiable of tyrants, Kwame Nkrumah. Next, O'Brien held the Schweitzer Chair at New York University, where he wrote prolifically, developed an innovative program inliterature and society, and served as a model of courageous political activism. Condition: very good, good.
Keywords: Conor O'Brien, Eamon de Valera, Katanga, United Nations, Dag Hammarskjold, Fianna Fail, Dail Eireann, Frederick Boland, Belgian Congo
ISBN: 0801430860
[Book #42909]
Price: $34.00