Igor Radovic was born in former Yugoslavia and received his early education in France and Yugoslavia. He spent World War II under Nazi occupation, followed by several years under the Titoist communist regime in Yugoslavia, where he studied Law and Civil Engineering. He escaped from behind the Iron Curtain in 1951, and worked in Western Europe and in South Africa before coming to the United States and completing doctoral studies in Industrial Engineering and Management at Columbia University in New York City. In 1965, he joined the United Nations and served in various capacities relating in the main to economic and social development and cooperation, and involving a variety of assignments and world regions. During this period, he also taught at Columbia a graduate course on problems of industrialization in less developed countries. He retired from the U.N. as Director of the Department for Special Political Questions, Regional Co-operation, Decolonization and Trusteeship. Dr. Radovic resides on the West Coast, and divides his time between the United States, Canada and, occasionally, Australia. A published author, he is currently working on another manuscript, Notes From A Long Journey Home.