Rescuing the World
The Life and Times of Leo Cherne
1st Edition
Published on 1. February 2012
272 pages
978-0-7914-8854-6 (ISBN)
Description
A biography of one of America's leading humanitarians who, as an advisor to nine presidents, also had a lasting effect on American foreign policy.
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08/2002
State University of New York Press
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Andrew F. Smith is the president of The American Forum for Global Education and teaches at The New School University. He is the author of many books, including The Saintly Scoundrel: The Life and Times of Dr. John Cook Bennett and International Conflict and the Media.
Content
Foreword by Henry A. Kissinger
Introduction
A Note on Sources
Acknowledgments
1. Setting the Stage
2. Researching America
3. Rescuing the Postwar World
4. Combusting Spontaneously
5. Uncovering Communists
6. Lobbying for Indochina
7. Confronting Genocide
8. Sculpting the World
9. Ransoming Prisoners
10. Guiding Intelligence
11. The Falling Curtain
Notes
Selected Biography
Index
Introduction
A Note on Sources
Acknowledgments
1. Setting the Stage
2. Researching America
3. Rescuing the Postwar World
4. Combusting Spontaneously
5. Uncovering Communists
6. Lobbying for Indochina
7. Confronting Genocide
8. Sculpting the World
9. Ransoming Prisoners
10. Guiding Intelligence
11. The Falling Curtain
Notes
Selected Biography
Index
