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- Hammarskjöld: A Life
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- 2013
- Published by: University of Michigan Press
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After his mysterious death, Dag Hammarskjöld was described by John F. Kennedy as the "greatest statesman of our century." Second secretary-general of the United Nations (1953 - 61), he is the only person to have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize posthumously. Through extensive research in little explored archives and personal correspondence, Roger Lipsey has produced the definitive biography of Dag Hammarskjöld. Hammarskjöld: A Life provides vivid new insights into the life and mind of a truly great individual. Hammarskjöld the statesman and Hammarskjöld the author of the classic spiritual journal Markings meet in this new biography - and the reader will meet them both in these pages. A towering mid-twentieth-century figure, Hammarskjöld speaks directly to our time.
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- Table of Contents
- pp. 8-11
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xvii-xix
- 1. Mr. Hammarskjöld
- pp. 1-15
- 2. Steep Swedish Hills
- pp. 16-42
- 3. You Asked for Burdens
- pp. 43-66
- 4. The Fire of Clear Eyes: 1950–1952
- pp. 67-94
- 5. Monastic Enough?
- pp. 95-112
- 6. Possibility Never Touched Upon
- pp. 113-133
- 7. This Little Republic
- pp. 134-160
- 8. A Swarm of Ideas
- pp. 161-180
- 9. It Takes Life to Love Life
- pp. 181-209
- 10. Un Chinois aux Yeux Bleus
- pp. 210-236
- 11. Causal Chains
- pp. 237-266
- 12. Unrighteous Shooting Wars
- pp. 267-318
- 13. Into All Corners of the Earth
- pp. 319-350
- 14. Face the Cold Winds
- pp. 351-386
- 15. Like Fighting an Avalanche
- pp. 387-468
- 16. Have Mercy upon Our Efforts
- pp. 469-537
- 17. Far Away a Heart Stops
- pp. 538-603
- Afterword: The Spirit in Public Life
- pp. 605-611
- Abbreviations in the Endnotes
- pp. 613-614
- Bibliography
- pp. 693-709
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