TY - BOOK AU - Thant,U. TI - View from the UN AV - B D 839.7 T367v 1978 U1 - 341.23/3/0924 PY - 1978/// CY - Garden City, N.Y. PB - Doubleday KW - Thant, KW - Thant, U, KW - United Nations KW - Biography KW - Nations Unies KW - Biographies KW - Statesmen KW - Burma KW - Hommes d'Etat KW - INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS KW - unbist KW - BIOGRAPHY N1 - 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 UR - http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/3186052.html ER -