{"id":13430,"date":"2016-08-15T03:53:52","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T03:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/unglobalgovdiplomacy\/?page_id=13430"},"modified":"2016-08-15T03:53:52","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T03:53:52","slug":"find-out-about-life-as-a-global-citizen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/unglobalgovdiplomacy\/modules-1-4\/module-three-introduction-to-global-governance\/find-out-about-life-as-a-global-citizen\/","title":{"rendered":"Find out about Life as a Global Citizen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In module eleven, we will explore first person accounts of UN officials, diplomats and other global governance actors. These accounts are in multiple formats, but a number of excellent accounts are presented as memoirs in books. Some of you may wish to get started reading one of these \u2013 some examples are below. These are likely to be available from local or university libraries, or can be purchased on the internet. If you are not sure what might appeal to you, google a few of the titles to read the blurbs and\/or reviews.\n<\/p>\n

Kofi Annan with Nader Mousavizadeh, Interventions: A Life in War and Peace<\/i> (New York: Penguin Press, 2012).\n<\/p>\n

Kenneth Cain, Heidi Postlewait and Andrew Thomson, Emergency Sex and Other Desperate Measures: A True Story from Hell on Earth<\/i> (New York: Hyperion, 2004).\n<\/p>\n

Phillip Corwin, Dubious Mandate: A Memoir of the UN in Bosnia, Summer 1995<\/i> (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1999).\n<\/p>\n

Rom\u00e9o Dallaire, Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda<\/i> (New York: Caroll and Graf, 2005).\n<\/p>\n

Philip Flood, Dancing with Warriors: A Diplomatic Memoir<\/i> (Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2013).\n<\/p>\n

Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Unvanquished: A U.S.-U.N. Saga<\/i> (New York: Random House, 1999).\n<\/p>\n

Christopher Hill, Outpost: Life on the Frontlines of American Diplomacy<\/i> (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2004).\n<\/p>\n

Jamsheed Marker, East Timor: A Memoir of the Negotiations for Independence<\/i> (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2003).\n<\/p>\n

Richard Granville McDonald, Watching a Nation Die: With the UN in Somalia<\/i> (E-book: Echo Books, 2012).\n<\/p>\n

Robert Merrillees, Diplomatic Digs<\/i> (E-book: Echo Books, 2012).\n<\/p>\n

Widyono, Benny, Dancing in Shadows: Sihanouk, the Khmer Rouge, and the United Nations in Cambodia<\/i> (Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2008).\n<\/p>\n

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