Conor : a biography of Conor Cruise O'Brien / Donald Harman Akenson.
Conor : a biography of Conor Cruise O'Brien / Donald Harman Akenson.
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Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1994.
Date
1994.
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N808.0092/O18.9/1
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English
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xvi, 573 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1994.
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New York (State)
Date Published
1994.
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O'Brien is well known for his role in New York intellectual circles during the 1960s. Productive, acrimonious, and sometimes comic, his relationship with reigning intellectuals is part of a central chapter in American cultural history. His career in its entirety, though, could encompass several remarkable lives.
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 UN 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...
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Conor : a biography of Conor Cruise O'Brien / Donald Harman Akenson.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [491]-563) and index.
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N808.0092/O18.9/1
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74VKRo2emNEZ
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0801430860
9780801430862
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808.0092 B
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991023206449702626
