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The good American : the epic life and adventures of Bob Gersony, the U.S. Government's greatest humanitarian

The good American : the epic life and adventures of Bob Gersony, the U.S. Government's greatest humanitarian

Book 2021

"The Good American is a story about courage, intense loneliness, and the State Department's golden age during the late Cold War and post-Cold War. It is also a celebration of ground level reporting and getting a worm's eye view of crisis zones. Robert Gersony, a high-school dropout later awarded a bronze star in Vietnam, spent over four decades on the ground in virtually every war and natural disaster zone in the world. Interviewing hundreds of r...