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The Good American: The Epic Life of Bob Gersony, the U.S. Government’s Greatest Humanitarian
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Author:
Robert D. Kaplan
Publisher:
Random House
Date:
January 26, 2021
A celebration of ground-level reporting and getting a worm's eye view of crisis zones. Even as a biography, this is Kaplan's most personal book to date, and through Gersony's story, he makes a poignant case for how American diplomacy should be conducted â with a clear eye toward facts on the ground â at a time when diplomacy is too often being left behind.
What The Reviewers Say
It’s an unexpected and entirely winning biography of Gersony, who worked as a U.S. foreign policy consultant during the 'golden age' of American diplomacy.
... remarkable.
A must read for anyone interested in humanitarian work, foreign policy, and biography.
... one of the best accounts examining American humanitarian pursuits over the past 50 years.
