Backstabbing for Beginners (Media tie-in): My Crash Course in International Diplomacy - Brossura

Soussan, Michael

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ISBN 10: 1568588623 ISBN 13: 9781568588629

Casa editrice: PublicAffairs, 2018

Riassunto

A Wall Street Journal best book of the year

"What made this episode in our collective history possible was not so much the lies we told one another, but the lies we told ourselves."

A recent Brown University graduate, Michael Soussan was elated when he landed a position as a program coordinator for the United Nations' Iraq Program. Little did he know that he would end up a whistleblower in what PBS NewsHour described as the "largest financial scandal in UN history."

Breaking a conspiracy of silence that had prevailed for years, Soussan sparked an unprecedented corruption probe into the Oil-for-Food program that exposed a worldwide system of bribes, kickbacks, and blackmail involving ruthless power-players from around the globe.

At the crossroads of pressing humanitarian concerns, crisis diplomacy, and multibillion-dollar business interests, Soussan's story highlights core flaws of our international system and exposes the frightening, corrupting power of the black elixir that fuels our world's economy.

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Recensione:

"A great book and a fun read."
―Fareed Zakaria, GPS Book of the Week

Descrizione del libro:

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Ben Kingsley and Theo James, the gripping true story of a young program coordinator at the United Nations who stumbles upon a conspiracy involving Iraq's oil reserves.

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• Editore: PublicAffairs
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1568588623
• ISBN 13: 9781568588629
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 352