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- Condition
- Release Year
- 2020
- ISBN
- 9781455536542
- Book Title
- Golden Thread : the Cold War and the Mysterious Death of Dag Hammarskjöld
- Item Length
- 9.3in
- Publisher
- Grand Central Publishing
- Publication Year
- 2020
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2in
- Genre
- True Crime, History, Political Science
- Topic
- Intelligence & Espionage, Espionage, Military / Vietnam War, World
- Item Width
- 6.4in
- Item Weight
- 18.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
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LONGLISTED FOR THE ALCS "GOLD DAGGER" AWARD FOR NON-FICTION CRIME WRITING Uncover the story behind the death of renowned diplomat and UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld in this true story of spies and intrigue surrounding one of the most enduring unsolved mysteries of the twentieth century. On September 17, 1961, Dag Hammarskjöld boarded a Douglas DC6 propeller plane on the sweltering tarmac of the airport in Leopoldville, the capital of the Congo. Hours later, he would be found dead in an African jungle with an ace of spades playing card placed on his body. Hammarskjöld had been the head of the United Nations for nine years. He was legendary for his dedication to peace on earth. But dark forces circled him: Powerful and connected groups from an array of nations and organizations--including the CIA, the KGB, underground militant groups, business tycoons, and others--were determined to see Hammarskjöld fail. A riveting work of investigative journalism based on never-before-seen evidence, recently revealed firsthand accounts, and groundbreaking new interviews, The Golden Thread reveals the truth behind one of the great murder mysteries of the Cold War.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
ISBN-10
1455536547
ISBN-13
9781455536542
eBay Product ID (ePID)
10038746575
Product Key Features
Book Title
Golden Thread : the Cold War and the Mysterious Death of Dag Hammarskjöld
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Intelligence & Espionage, Espionage, Military / Vietnam War, World
Publication Year
2020
Genre
True Crime, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
6.4in
Item Weight
18.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
D839.7.H3s63 2020
Reviews
"Ravi Somaiya's brilliant unwrapping of the mystery surrounding Hammarskjold's death will convert the reader into an avid investigator the moment they pick up this book! A compelling read -- filled with revelations and written in a style that's clean and fast-paced, THE GOLDEN THREAD also raises key questions before governments who still act suspiciously: Why? What are you hiding exactly? At its heart, the book lays bare not only Hammarskjold's undoubted heroism and the sad realities of the Congo in the 1960s (many features of which regrettably persist to this day), but also the stark dilemmas that beset the UN, when principle falls neatly into the cross-hairs of power."-- p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 3.0px 0.0px; line-height: 27.0px; font: 12.0px Arial; color: -webkit-text-stroke: background-color: #ffffff}span.s1 {font-kerning: none}Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, UN Human Rights Chief (2014-2018) and UN peacekeeper (1994-1996), "[An] impressive debut...This is an eye-opening account that could lead to renewed public interest in this tragedy."-- Publishers Weekly (Starred Review), "[A] gripping account of Hammarskjöld's death and the ensuing search for the truth about what happened to him." -- InsideHook, "THE GOLDEN THREAD is as exciting as the best spy novels, with the enormous advantage of being completely true. Ravi Somaiya masterfully teases out the tangled strands of a Cold War mystery in a place where nothing and no one are quite what they seem. The result is a gripping book by a gifted writer and a dogged investigator."-- Mitchell Zuckoff, #1 New York Times bestselling author of 13 Hours and Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11, "Verdict: Fans of novelists such as Tom Clancy and Robert Ludlum, as well as military history and true crime enthusiasts, will find much to enjoy about this riveting read."-- Library Journal, "One of the mysteries I've long been fascinated by, and am so grateful that Ravi Somaiya has cracked it open so brilliantly."-- David Grann, "THE GOLDEN THREAD is one of the most gripping nonfiction books I've read in a very long time, a real-life thriller about the mysterious death of Dag Hammarskjold, the second Secretary General of the UN, in 1961. Somaiya is one of the country's best journalists, and he's used his prodigious reporting and researching skills to dig up some truly startling new information about the plane crash in the Congo that killed Hammarskjold and spawned an almost never-ending series of conspiracy theories. Somaiya does a masterful job sifting the evidence and building a case of murder. This is a fabulous page turner. I highly recommend it."-- Douglas Preston, #1 bestselling author of The Monster of Florence
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2019-058754
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Trade
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Yes
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