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

Soussan, Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1568588623 ISBN 13 : 9781568588629

Editeur : PublicAffairs, 2018

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Michael Soussan is a journalist and screenwriter whose writing has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN, Time, NPR, BBC, and a range of international media. His has worked at CNN, the UN, and K Street in Washington, DC, and has taught writing and public communication at NYU and advised a range of global organizations and corporations. A native of Denmark, he lives in Los Angeles.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: PublicAffairs
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1568588623
• ISBN 13: 9781568588629
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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