Thant, U. 1909-1974 creator text biography nyu Garden City, N.Y Doubleday 1978 monographic eng 1 online resource (xix, 508 p.) 21cm. Part I. The search for a secretary general : Troika ; How did I receive my role? ; What is a secretary general? -- Part II. The secretary general as mediator : Efforts for peace ; The secret search for peace in Vietnam ; The financial crisis -- Part III. The politics of confrontation : Crisis in the Congo ; The Cuban missile crisis -- Part IV. The Middle East : A personal note ; The Arab-Israeli War of 1948 and its aftermath ; The Arab-Israeli War of 1956 and its aftermath ; The withdrawal of UNEF ; The Six-Day War and its aftermath ; Events leading to the Arab-Israeli War of 1973 -- Part V. Spheres of influence : The Dominican crisis ; The invasion of Czechoslovakia -- Part VI. The Asian subcontinent : The Indo-Pakistani Conflict: first phase ; The larger war ; Interlude: Pilgrimages, 1967 ; The birth of Bangla Desh ; Part VII. Global changes. U Thant; a-br--- U Thant 1909-1974 United Nations Biography Statesmen Burma Biography Thant, U 1909-1974 Nations Unies Biographies Hommes d'Etat Biographies INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS BIOGRAPHY B D 839.7 T367v 1978 341.23/3/0924 Thant, U, 1909-1974. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1978 1st ed. (DLC) 76057517 (OCoLC)3186052 http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/3186052.html http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/3186052.html OCLCE 100318 20230410132838.0 98563 eng