DAG Hammarskjöld, the United Nations and the Decolonisation of Africa

by Henning Melber

In 1953 Dag Hammarskj ld became the second Secretary-General of the United Nations--the highest international civil servant. Before his mission was cut short by a 1961 plane crash in then Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), he used his office to act on the basis of anti-hegemonic values, including solidarity and recognition of otherness. The dubious circumstances of Hammarskj ld's death have received much attention, including a new official investigation,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190087560
• ISBN13: 9780190087562
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.5"