Rescuing the World: The Life and Times of Leo Cherne
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…
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Weitere Autoren: Kissinger, Henry A. (Solist)
- ISBN: 978-0-7914-5379-7
- EAN: 9780791453797
- Produktnummer: 9853473
- Verlag: State Univ Of New York Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
- Seitenangabe: 272 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.7 cm x D2.1 cm 572 g
- Auflage: New
- Gewicht: 572
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