The good American : the epic life of Bob Gersony, the U.S. Government's greatest humanitarian
by Kaplan, Robert D., 1952- (Author)
Summary
"The Good American is a story about courage, intense loneliness, and the State Department's golden age during the late Cold War and post-Cold War. It is also a celebration of ground level reporting and getting a worm's eye view of crisis zones. Robert Gersony, a high-school dropout later awarded a b... Full description
- Vietnam, 1966-1969
- Guatemala, 1970-1977
- Domenica, El Salvador, and South America, 1979-1983
- Uganda, Luwero Triangle, 1984
- South China Sea, 1984-1985
- Sudan and Chad, 1985
- Honduras, 1985-1986
- Mozambique, 1987-1988
- Ethiopia and Somalia, 1989
- Liberia by Way of Nicaraqua, 1990-1993
- Rwanda, 1994
- Gaza and the West Bank, 1995
- Bosnia, 1995-1996
- Northern Uganda by Way of Nicaraqua, 1996-1997
- From El Salvador to Ecuador and Colombia, by Way of Africa, 1997-2002 and 2008-2009
- North Korea, 2002
- Nepal, 2003
- Micronesia by Way of Iraq, 2003-2008
- Northern Mexico by Way of Central America, 2010-2013.