The war in the former Yugoslavia has shamed the leading nations of the world. Unspeakable crimes against humanity have been committed in Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia, yet American and European policymakers have cravenly stood aside while whole villages and communities were erased from the face of the earth.Americans are appalled by the images on their television screens of the carnage, but most of us are confused. What are the issues that have brought this conflict to a head? How can it be that fifty years after the Nazi Holocaust, the civilized world is once again unable to stem a tide of...

A candid, courageous, and unsparing memoir (The New York Review of Books) of post Cold War politics and global statecraft
Written with eloquence and unprecedented candor, Interventions is the story of Kofi Annan s remarkable time at the center of the world stage. After forty years of service at the United Nations, Annan who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001 shares his unique experiences during the terrorist attacks of September 11; the American invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan; the war between Israel, Hizbollah, and Lebanon; the brutal conflicts of Somalia,...