The World's Most Prestigious Prize: The Inside Story of the Nobel Peace Prize is a fascinating, insider account of the Nobel peace prize. Drawing on unprecedented access to the Norwegian Nobel Institute's vast archive, it offers a gripping account of the founding of the prize, as well as its highs and lows, triumphs and disasters, over the last one-hundred-and-twenty years. But more than that, the book also draws on the author's unique insight during his twenty-five years as Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute and Secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. It reveals the real story of all the laureates of that period - some of them among the most controversial in the history of the prize (Gorbachev, Arafat, Peres and Rabin, Mandela and De Klerk, Obama, and Liu Xiaobo) - and exactly why they came to receive the prize. Despite all that has been written about the Nobel Peace Prize, this is the first-ever account written by a prominent insider in the Nobel system.
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The first-ever account of the world's leading prize written by a prominent insider in the Nobel system.
Preface 1: Introduction 2: Alfred Nobel and the Will 3: The Nobel Peace Prize, 1901-1914, Arbitration 4: The Nobel Peace Prize, 1919-39, The League of Nations 5: The Nobel Peace Prize, 1945-2018, The United Nations 6: Ten portraits, 1990- 2012 7: Conclusions Literature List of Peace Prize laureates
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The World's Most Prestigious Prize is a very good synopsis of the history of the Nobel Peace Prize, written by somebody who is obviously very committed to the prize and who has dedicated his career to serving its goals. It also contains a convincing historical analysis of the evolution of peace over the last 150 years, giving both scholars and practitioners a map of what has been achieved and what still needs to be tackled in actualizing a culture of peace.
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The first-ever, inside account of the history of the Nobel Peace Prize. Unique insight from a distinguished historian who was also part of the Nobel selection process. Unprecedented, fascinating, and revelatory.
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Director of Norwegian Nobel Institute, 1990-2014; Adjunct Professor of International History, University of Oslo, 1991-2014.
The first-ever, inside account of the history of the Nobel Peace Prize. Unique insight from a distinguished historian who was also part of the Nobel selection process. Unprecedented, fascinating, and revelatory.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780198841876
Publisert
2019
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
447 gr
Høyde
237 mm
Bredde
160 mm
Dybde
24 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
240

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Biographical note

Director of Norwegian Nobel Institute, 1990-2014; Adjunct Professor of International History, University of Oslo, 1991-2014.