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The Struggle for a Democratic Austria - Bruno Kreisky on Peace and Social Justice (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
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The Struggle for a Democratic Austria - Bruno Kreisky on Peace and Social Justice (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
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Bruno Kreisky (1911-1990) is undoubtedly the most prominent and
influential politician to emerge in postwar Austria. For some
thirty years, he helped to shape his country's politics and raise
its status in the world, first as secretary of state, then as
leader of the opposition Social Democratic Party and as foreign
minster, and finally as chancellor from 1970 to 1983. During his
long tenure of public office, Austria achieved unprecedented levels
of prosperity; he promoted electoral and educational reform and
weathered the occasional scandal. His analytical mind and
intelligence were much appreciated by statesmen in East and West as
well as in the academy, as were his deeply felt humanism,
integrity, untiring advocacy of tolerance and social justice, and
his earnest sense of responsibility. These won him the trust and
admiration of the leading international figures of his era,
including Tito, Nehru, Nasser, De Gaulle, and Pope John XXIII. His
international connections and his position as leader of a
non-aligned state allowed him to assume the role of honest broker
in international peace, human rights, and development initiatives.
His stature enabled him to play an active part in the promotion of
the Arab-Israeli dialogue and pave the way for President Jimmy
Carter's mediation of the Israeli-Egypt peace accord through his
close relationship with Sadat. As a result of such activity,
Kreisky was respected and praised by every U.S. administration from
Kennedy to Brezhnev, despite his support for the containment of
Soviet communism. This annotated volume - a condensed version of
the three volumes of the German edition and compiled by Jill Lewis,
University of Wales, and Oliver Rathkolb, Director of the Stifung
Bruno Archiv - gives a fascinating insight into Kreisky's life and
his many activities. He lets us participate in the big decisions in
which he was involved and shares his encounters with other world
leaders of this time. Austria be a small country, but it produced
at least one major leader whose lively and immensely readable
account and wisdom many readers will find inspiring.
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