The Good American - Robert D. Kaplan
Category: Bestsellers
Narrator: Eric Jason Martin
Tags: Bestsellers, Political, Autobiography & Biographies, Adults
From the New York Times best-selling author of The Revenge of Geography comes a sweeping yet intimate story of the most influential humanitarian youve never heard of - Bob Gersony, who spent four decades in crisis zones around the world., This graceful study of a courageous and humble man reminds us that history can be made, and lives can be saved, by diplomats who know how to reconcile the good with the possible. (Timothy Snyder, author of The Road to Unfreedom and On Tyranny), In his long career as an acclaimed journalist covering the hot moments of the Cold War and its aftermath, best-selling author Robert D. Kaplan often found himself crossing paths with Bob Gersony, a consultant for the US State Department whose quiet dedication and consequential work made a deep impression on Kaplan., Gersony, a high school dropout later awarded a Bronze Star for his service in Vietnam, conducted on-the-ground research for the US government in virtually every war and natural-disaster zone in the
