In the Ring: A Commonwealth Memoir - Hardcover

In the Ring: A Commonwealth Memoir

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 288 pages. Welcome to a world of impossibly devious plots and characters?ambitious pre sidents and prime ministers from all corners of the world, some determined to ho ld onto power at any cost; a British government often with a misplaced sense of its own role in one of the world?s oldest organizations; and an organization o f 300 people, externally working to help the world, while inwardly struggling al ong racial and geo-political linesFor the first eight years of the 21st c entury, Don McKinnon was the Secretary General of the Commonwealth and this was the stuff of his day-to-day life, whether facing down armed coup leaders or soot hing internal staff factions. Here for the first time he reveals what was going on behind the scenes during such major events as the suspension of Zimbabwe from the Commonwealth. With fascinating background detail and his predictions for th e future of the Commonwealth itself, this is a compelling account of the trials and tribulations of running an international organization in a complex world. Artikel-Nr. 4886ae

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