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Book Review: Hammarskjöld

When UN secretary-general Dag Hammarskjöld died in a plane crash in 1961, John F. Kennedy—who himself was one of the savviest international problem solvers—called him the “greatest statesman of our century.” Plucked from obscurity, a mediocre economist and Swedish civil servant, he demonstrated a grasp of complexities and a lucid simplicity at explanation that promptly […]

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