Peace, they say : a history of the Nobel Peace Prize, the most famous and controversial prize in the world / Jay Nordlinger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nordlinger, Jay, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peace--Awards--History.

Peace.

Nobel Prizes--History.

Nobel Prizes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (477 p.)

Edition:

1st American ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Encounter Books, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, Jay Nordlinger gives a history of what the subtitle calls ?the most famous and controversial prize in the world." The Nobel Peace Prize, like the other Nobel prizes, began in 1901. So we have a neat, sweeping history of the 20th century, and about a decade beyond. The Nobel prize involves a first world war, a second world war, a cold war, a terror war, and more. It contends with many of the key issues of modern times, and of life itself.It also presents a parade of interesting people?more than a hundred laureates, not a dullard in the bunch. Some of these laureates h

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; The Testator; A Sketch; Wrestling with War and Peace; The Will; Why Norway?; 'Norway the Peaceful'; How It Works; Prelude to a Parade; A Parade of Laureates, 1901 to 1913; Interludes; Nobel Season; 'Peace' (An Essay); A Parade of Laureates, 1914 to 1948; Interludes; The Committee and the Kremlin, a Dollop of History; Gandhi and Other Missing Laureates; A Parade of Laureates, 1949 to 1969; Interlude; A Sign of the Times; A Parade of Laureates, 1970 to 1990; Interlude; More Missing Laureates, and Impossible Laureates; A Parade of Laureates, 1991 to 2000; Interlude

Leveraging the NobelA Parade of Laureates, 2001 to 2008; Interlude; A Stroll through the Nobel Peace Center; Obama's Hour; Afterword; A Note on Sources; Acknowledgements; List of Nobel Peace Laureates; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781594035999

1594035997

OCLC:

787843879