The peacemaker the world forgot: U Thant's UN and the Cold War's edge

How a self-effacing, self-taught school headmaster from a small Burmese village became one of the most influential figures at the UN in the 1960s

Peacemaker: U Thant, the United Nations and the Untold Story of the 1960s

By Thant Myint-U

Published by Juggernaut

368 pages ₹999 

If one had to find a compelling example of historical revisionism and erasure, one will find it in Thant Myint U’s extraordinarily well-researched biography of his grandfather, U Thant, the only Asian to grace the office of Secretary General of the United Nations (UNSG) from 1961 to 1971. In the two chapters — Missile Crisis and Havana — the author provides a blow-by-blow account of how U Thant’s extraordinary diplomatic skills and credibility enabled him to resolve a crisis that threatened