Books by Brian Urquhart

In this book, Brian Urquhart charts the rapid progress of decolonization in Africa, the Middle East, and other areas of the Third World and describes some of its repercussions.

"A comprehensive political analysis of Dag Hammarskjold's seven years [1952-1961] as the U.N.'s Secretary-General... Follows Hammarskjold through every major crisis of his day: McCarthyism, the aftermath of Korea, Suez, Hungary, Lebanon, Algeria, the Congo." -Friedel Ungeheuer, Time