Peacemaker by Thant Myint-U: Gin-swilling Buddhist who averted World War III
PEACEMAKER: U THANT, THE UNITED NATIONS, AND THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE 1960s by Thant Myint-U (Atlantic Books £22, 384pp)CAN you name the current secretary-general of the United Nations? In the 1960s, everyone who followed the news could.…