Bibliograph

The good American, the epic life and adventures of Bob Gersony, the U.S. Government's greatest humanitarian, Robert D. Kaplan

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The good American, the epic life and adventures of Bob Gersony, the U.S. Government's greatest humanitarian, Robert D. Kaplan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-490) and index

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individual biography

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Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The good American

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1231502294

Responsibility statement

Robert D. Kaplan

Sub title

the epic life and adventures of Bob Gersony, the U.S. Government's greatest humanitarian

Summary

"The Good American is a story about courage, intense loneliness, and the State Department's golden age during the late Cold War and post-Cold War. It is also a celebration of ground level reporting and getting a worm's eye view of crisis zones. Robert Gersony, a high-school dropout later awarded a bronze star in Vietnam, spent over four decades on the ground in virtually every war and natural disaster zone in the world. Interviewing hundreds of refugees and displaced persons in each place to assess humanitarian crises, Gersony's research and thorough reports had an immense, underappreciated impact on US foreign policy across the globe. In every case, his recommendations made it smarter and more humane, often dramatically so. In his career as a journalist, Robert D. Kaplan often crossed paths with Gersony while covering the "hot" moments of the Cold War and its aftermath. Even as a biography, this is Kaplan's most personal book to date, and through Gersony's story, he makes a poignant case for how American diplomacy should be conducted--with a clear eye toward facts on the ground--at a time when diplomacy is too often being left behind."--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Vietnam, 1966-1969 -- Guatemala, 1970-1977 -- Domenica, El Salvador, and South America, 1979-1983 -- Uganda, Luwero Triangle, 1984 -- South China Sea, 1984-1985 -- Sudan and Chad, 1985 -- Honduras, 1985-1986 -- Mozambique, 1987-1988 -- Ethiopia and Somalia, 1989 -- Liberia by Way of Nicaraqua, 1990-1993 -- Rwanda, 1994 -- Gaza and the West Bank, 1995 -- Bosnia, 1995-1996 -- Northern Uganda by Way of Nicaraqua, 1996-1997 -- From El Salvador to Ecuador and Colombia, by Way of Africa, 1997-2002 and 2008-2009 -- North Korea, 2002 -- Nepal, 2003 -- Micronesia by Way of Iraq, 2003-2008 -- Northern Mexico by Way of Central America, 2010-2013

Target audience

adult

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Epic life and adventures of Bob Gersony, the U.S. government's greatest humanitarian

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