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Eye on the World : A Life in International Service /

"The autobiography of one of America's highly esteemed diplomats, Ambassador Anthony "Tony" C. E. Quainton, and his long and storied career in eleven countries on six continents in a unique diversity of top posts"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Quainton, Anthony C. E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Lincoln, Nebraska] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2022]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Seattle beginnings -- The Victoria connection -- Go East, young man -- English interlude -- A tiger in my tank -- Oxford days -- Meeting the Soviet bear -- Foreign service beginnings -- The Raj and beyond -- Paris interlude -- Nepal : land of the yeti -- The heart of darkness -- Counterterrorism -- Life in revolutionary Nicaragua -- Diplomacy and regime change -- Desert sands -- Rooting out corruption and incompetence -- Democracy, drugs, and development : Andean adventure -- Final Washington years -- Challenges in the nonprofit world -- The classroom and beyond -- Epilogue: Christian, gentleman, cricketer. 
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