The Man Who Tried to Save the World: The Dangerous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Fred Cuny Paperback - 2000
by Scott Anderson
Like a Graham Greene novel come to life, this biography tells the mesmerizing story of Fred Cuny, the "Master of Disaster"--a complicated man who disappeared in the scariest place on earth. of photos.
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A swashbuckling Texan, a teller of tall tales, a womanizer, and a renegade, Fred Cuny spent his life in countries rent by war, famine, and natural disasters, saving many thousands of lives through his innovative and sometimes controversial methods of relief work. Cuny earned his nickname "Master of Disaster" for his exploits in Kurdistan, Somalia, and Bosnia. But when he arrived in the rogue Russian republic of Chechnya in the spring of 1995, raring to go and eager to put his ample funds from George Soros to good use, he found himself in the midst of an unimaginably savage war of independence, unlike any he had ever before encountered. Shortly thereafter, he disappeared in the war-rocked highlands, never to be seen again.
Who was Cuny really working for? Was he a CIA spy? Who killed him, and why? In search of the answers, Scott Anderson traveled to Chechnya on a hazardous journey that started as as a magazine assignment and ended as a personal mission. The result is a galvanizing adventure story, a chilling picture of "the new world order," and a tour de force of literary journalism.
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A swashbuckling Texan, a teller of tall tales, a womanizer, and a renegade, Fred Cuny spent his life in countries rent by war, famine, and natural disasters, saving many thousands of lives through his innovative and sometimes controversial methods of relief work. Cuny earned his nickname "Master of Disaster" for his exploits in Kurdistan, Somalia, and Bosnia. But when he arrived in the rogue Russian republic of Chechnya in the spring of 1995, raring to go and eager to put his ample funds from George Soros to good use, he found himself in the midst of an unimaginably savage war of independence, unlike any he had ever before encountered. Shortly thereafter, he disappeared in the war-rocked highlands, never to be seen again.
Who was Cuny really working for? Was he a CIA spy? Who killed him, and why? In search of the answers, Scott Anderson traveled to Chechnya on a hazardous journey that started as as a magazine assignment and ended as a personal mission. The result is a galvanizing adventure story, a chilling picture of "the new world order," and a tour de force of literary journalism.
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- Title The Man Who Tried to Save the World: The Dangerous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Fred Cuny
- Author Scott Anderson
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 400
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Anchor Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date May 16, 2000
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780385486668 / 0385486669
- Weight 0.82 lbs (0.37 kg)
- Dimensions 8.06 x 5.25 x 0.88 in (20.47 x 13.34 x 2.24 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1950-1999
- Cultural Region: Eastern Europe
- Cultural Region: Russian
- Library of Congress subjects International relief, Disappeared persons
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98043936
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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