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The last American diplomat : John D. Negroponte and the changing face of American diplomacy /
Can John D. Negroponte be described as 'The Last American Diplomat'? In a career spanning 50 years of unprecedented American global power, he was the last of a dying breed of patrician diplomats - devoted to public service, a self-effacing and ultimate insider, whose prime duty was to advi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
I.B. Tauris,
2012.
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| Colección: | International library of twentieth century history ;
v. 45. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Can John D. Negroponte be described as 'The Last American Diplomat'? In a career spanning 50 years of unprecedented American global power, he was the last of a dying breed of patrician diplomats - devoted to public service, a self-effacing and ultimate insider, whose prime duty was to advise, guide and warn. Negroponte served as US ambassador to Honduras, Mexico, the Philippines and Iraq; he was US Permanent Representative to the UN, Director of National Intelligence and Deputy Secretary of State to George W. Bush. His was a high-flying and seemingly conventional career but one full of surpris. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (384 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780857721334 085772133X 9780857730404 0857730401 9781848858695 1848858698 |