'' Interventions : A Life in War and Peace '' is a memoir by former Secretary-General of the United Nations and 2001 Nobel Peace Prize winner , Kofi Annan . The book focuses on the workings of the United Nations Secretariat and the conditions under which the Secretary General has to take decisions . The book is mainly set in the Post – Cold War era when Annan served as the Deputy Secretary General ( 1993 to 1996 ) and then as the Secretary General ( 1997 to 2006 ) of the United Nations . The book has been co-written with his former advisor and speechwriter Nader Mousavizadeh
2001 Nobel Peace Prize
2001 Nobel Peace Prize
Interventions: A Life in War and Peace