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A professional foreigner : life in diplomacy /

"A Professional Foreigner aims to provide insight into the profession itself, what it was like at a particular period of history to play even a minor role in the steady stream of history, in the more mundane world of daily events, often out of the view of the media and world attention. It portr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Marks, Edward, 1934- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2023]
Colección:ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Cover
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Epigraph
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Taking the Oath
  • 2. About Diplomats
  • 3. Apprenticeship
  • 4. Nairobi, Nuevo Laredo, Luanda
  • 5. Zambia
  • 6. The Belgian World
  • 7. Guinea-Bissau
  • 8. Guinea-Bissau Politics and Economics
  • 9. Cape Verde
  • 10. Fort McNair
  • 11. Colombo
  • 12. The Diplomatic Village
  • 13. Ethnic Strife in the "Blessed Isle"
  • 14. Winding Up
  • 15. Turtle Bay
  • 16. Washington Entr'actes
  • 17. Three Years before the Mast
  • Epilogue
  • Index
  • About Edward Marks
  • Illustrations