Jean-Marie Guéhenno is former under secretary
general for U.N. peacekeeping operations; he is current president
and CEO of the International Crisis Group.
The corresponding chapters offer pointed and precise narratives of
thesecrises, of their underlying causes, of the local, regional and
international interests at stake, and of the role the UN played in
each of them. That in itself should suffice to make The Fog of
Peace a remarkable accomplishment."
-IISS Journal
"As can be expected from an author of Jean-Marie Guéhenno’s
experience and prescience, The Fog of Peace captures well the moral
conundrums and diplomatic obstacles that the United Nations and its
Department of Peacekeeping face in the post–cold war era. At a time
when the international framework established to curtail conflict
and human suffering is under increasing pressure, his book provides
valuable insights and timely advice on how to strengthen our global
security architecture."
Kofi A. Annan Secretary General of the United Nations,
1997–2006
"In Afghanistan and Sudan I shared with Jean-Marie Guéhenno the
accomplishments and the frustrations he portrays in The Fog of
Peace. This honest and probing account captures the realities of
peacekeeping in the twenty-first century. It is a first-hand
recounting of some of the most difficult work the United Nations
has undertaken."
Lakhdar Brahimi former UN Special Envoy to Syria and special
representative to Haiti, South Africa, Afghanistan, and Iraq
"Jean-Marie Guéhenno is a scholar-diplomat of immense integrity,
intelligence, judgment, and charm. He won international respect
during his eight-year stewardship of UN peacekeeping—no mean feat
given those years coincided precisely with George W. Bush’s
presidency. What shines through this thoughtful and detailed
account is the admirable way in which Guéhenno maintained his own
moral compass amid a swirl of competing pragmatic and political
imperatives, never succumbing to the weary cynicism that so often
afflicts international public servants. We could have no better
guide to navigating the “fog of peace.”"
-Gareth Evans Foreign Minister of Australia, 1988–96, and President
of the International Crisis Group, 2000–09
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