Conor: A Biography of Conor Cruise O'Brien by Akenson, Donald Harman - 1994-10-01

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. A clean, crisp hardcover in near fine condition; light shelf wear. Very good DJ in mylar cover; light sunning. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1994.

Cornell University Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Cornell University Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Cornell University Press, 1994-10. Hardcover. Good.

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Fine copy/fine. 8vo. Boards. Pp. xvi, 576. Illustrated: (32) pp. of plates. Notes. Index.

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1994. First? Edition. First? Printing. very good, good. 573, illus., notes, index, some wear and soiling to DJ, small tears to DJ edges. O'Brien is well known for his role in New York intellectual circles during the 1960's. Born in 1917 into an Ireland torn by nationalist passions, O'Brien was trained as a diplomat and rose to international prominence during the Belgian Congo crisis. As special representative for United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold, O'Brien was caught in the middle of big power politics. After resigning in a furor, he wrote To Katanga and Back (1962), a classic in modern African history and still the only book to reveal how the United Nations works behind its marble facade. O'Brien then became Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana and waged a battle for academic freedom against one of the most amiable of tyrants, Kwame Nkrumah. Next, O'Brien held the Schweitzer Chair at New York University, where he… Read More

Cornell University Press, 1994. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Large, very thick, heavy book, black covers, very bright silver lettering on spine, dark blue color inside covers and adjacent end papers, 573 pages including two glossy photo sections. DJ glossy rose background, a close-up photo portrait on front of Cruise O'Brien, red, black and white lettering, gray spine. DJ and book, both Fine.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1994. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 0 pages; Subjects: O'Brien, Conor Cruise 1917-. Intellectuals - Ireland - Biography. Authors, Irish - 20th century - Biography. Scholars - Ireland - Biography.

Ithaca, N. Y. : Cornell University Press, 1994. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a near fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 573 pages; Description: xvi, 573 p. , 16 p. Of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects: O'Brien, Conor Cruise (1917-2008) --Authors, Irish --20th century --Biography. Diplomats --Ireland