Boutros Boutros-Ghali Afro-Arab Prophet Proselytiser Pharoah And Pope | African Studies

This is the first historical biography in English to be published on Egyptian scholar-diplomat Boutros Boutros-Ghali the most intellectually accomplished of the nine UN secretaries-general. The first African and first Arab to occupy the post Boutros-Ghali held the office in the momentous five post-Cold War years (1992-1996) massively expanding UN peacekeeping and leading intellectual debates on development democratisation and human rights. He had earlier been a key architect of the Egypt-Israel peace treaty as Egypt’s minister of state for foreign affairs a major figure in Third World diplomacy and a Professor of International Law and International Relations. This accessible biography sets Boutros-Ghali’s career within the political social and cultural contexts from which he emerged. Please note: T&F does not sell or distribute the print version in Sub-Saharan Africa. |Boutros Boutros-Ghali Afro-Arab Prophet Proselytiser Pharoah and Pope | African Studies