Rescuing the world : the life and times of Leo Cherne

The Resource Rescuing the world : the life and times of Leo Cherne
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Rescuing the world : the life and times of Leo Cherne
Title remainder
the life and times of Leo Cherne
Statement of responsibility
Andrew F. Smith ; foreword by Henry A. Kissinger
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Language
eng
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Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
N$T
Dewey number
  • 362.87/526/092
  • B
Government publication
government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
Language note
English
LC call number
HV640
LC item number
.S64 2002eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
Summary expansion
Leo Cherne's life brimmed with paradox and improbability. He was born in the Bronx to a poor, immigrant, Jewish family, and yet rose to the heights of economic and political power in WASP America. A successful entrepreneur and an unofficial advisor to nine presidents, he nevertheless devoted the majority of his time to humanitarian causes, particularly the International Rescue Committee, which he chaired for forty years. From Hungary to Cuba to Cambodia, Cherne traveled across the globe on behalf of political refugees. A consummate networker, he also had the uncanny ability to attract and cultivate talented people before they became prominent, including such figures as John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Patrick Moynihan, Claiborne Pell, Tom Dooley, William Casey, John Whitehead, and Henry A. Kissinger
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