| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 223 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Rescuing the World -- Contents -- Foreword by Henry A. Kissinger -- Introduction -- A Note on Sources -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Setting the Stage -- 2. Researching America -- 3. Rescuing the Postwar World -- 4. Combusting Spontaneously -- 5. Uncovering Communists -- 6. Lobbying for Indochina -- 7. Confronting Genocide -- 8. Sculpting the World -- 9. Ransoming Prisoners -- 10. Guiding Intelligence -- 11. The Falling Curtain -- Notes -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Setting the Stage -- Chapter 2. Researching America |
|
Chapter 3. Rescuing the Postwar WorldChapter 4. Combusting Spontaneously -- Chapter 5. Uncovering Communists -- Chapter 6. Lobbying for Indochina -- Chapter 7. Confronting Genocide -- Chapter 8. Sculpting the World -- Chapter 9. Ransoming Prisoners -- Chapter 10. Guiding Intelligence -- Chapter 11. The Falling Curtain -- Selected Bibliography -- A. Books by Leo Cherne -- B. Selected Professional Publications with Leo Cherne as Author or Co-Author -- C. Selected Articles, Chapters, and Reports by Leo Cherne -- D. Selected Unpublished Manuscripts by Leo Cherne |
|
E. Selected Articles about Leo CherneF. Selected Speeches by Leo Cherne -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Photos |
| Summary |
Annotation Leo Cherne's life brimmed with paradox and improbability. He was born in the Bronx to a poor, immigrant, Jewish family, and yet rose to the heights of economic and political power in WASP America. A successful entrepreneur and an unofficial advisor to nine presidents, he nevertheless devoted the majority of his time to humanitarian causes, particularly the International Rescue Committee, which he chaired for forty years. From Hungary to Cuba to Cambodia, Cherne traveled across the globe on behalf of political refugees. A consummate networker, he also had the uncanny ability to attract and cultivate talented people before they became prominent, including such figures as John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Patrick Moynihan, Claiborne Pell, Tom Dooley, William Casey, John Whitehead, and Henry A. Kissinger |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-214) and index |
| Notes |
English |
|
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cherne, Leo, 1912-1999.
|
| SUBJECT |
Cherne, Leo, 1912-1999 fast |
| Subject |
International Rescue Committee -- History
|
| SUBJECT |
International Rescue Committee fast |
| Subject |
Refugees -- Services for
|
|
Human rights workers -- Biography
|
|
Human services personnel -- Biography
|
|
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
|
|
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
|
|
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists.
|
|
Human rights workers
|
|
Human services personnel
|
|
Refugees -- Services for
|
| Genre/Form |
Biographies
|
|
History
|
|
Biographies.
|
|
Biographies.
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| ISBN |
058548600X |
|
9780585486000 |
|
0791453790 |
|
9780791453797 |
|
0791453804 |
|
9780791453803 |
|
9780791488546 |
|
0791488543 |
|
