Book review: A leader we could do with now

This frighteningly perceptive and well-written biography of UN secretary general, Burmese Buddhist U Thant, details his efforts at resolving one 1960s crisis after another
Book review: A leader we could do with now

Author Thant Myint-U is a historian and the grandson of former United Nations secretary general U Thant. Picture: Thurein Aung

Sat, 13 Sep, 2025 - 01:00
Jack Power

  • Peacemaker: U Thant, The United Nations and the Untold Story of the 1960s
  • Thant Myint-U 
  • Atlantic Books, €20.00 

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