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July 19, 2012

New inquiry into the 1961 death of Dag Hammarskjöld

A new inquiry into the death of Swedish UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld has been commissioned.

February 17, 2012

The Legacy of Dag Hammarskjold

“I realize now, that in comparison to [Dag Hammarskjöld], I am a small man. He was the greatest statesman of our century.”—John F. Kennedy We conclude our week-long feature on Who Killed Hammarskjöld?: The UN, the Cold War, and White...

February 16, 2012

Was Dag Hammarskjold's Death a Conspiracy?

A few weeks ago, the BBC reported on the continuing controversy concerning Dag Hammarskjold’s death in 1961 when his plane crashed in Zambia. His death, of course, is also the subject of Susan Williams’s new book, Who Killed Hammarskjöld?: The...

February 15, 2012

Crash of Hammarskjöld’s Plane in 1961: ‘VIP planes don’t crash…’

Upon publication of Who Killed Hammarskjöld?: The UN, the Cold War, and White Supremacy in Africa, the Hurst Blog, published an essay by Adrian Begg, who was then a 20-year-old officer in the Northern Rhodesia Police when Dag Hammarskojld’s plane...

February 14, 2012

‘Who Killed Hammarskjöld?’ and the UN in Zambia

While serving as United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) representative to Zambia from 1998-2005, Margaret O’Callaghan spoke at a memorial service upon the anniversary of UN secretary-general Dag Hammarskjold’s death. In an article originally published by the Institute of Commonwealth Studies...