Eye on the World : A Life in International Service /

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"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.
Temas:
Quainton, Anthony C. E.
United States. > Foreign Service.
United States. > Department of State.
United States. > Department of State > Biography.
United States. > Foreign Service > Biography.
Diplomats.
Diplomatic relations.
Diplomatic and consular service.
Ambassadors.
HISTORY / World.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.
Diplomatic and consular service > United States.
Ambassadors > United States > Biography.
Diplomats > United States > Biography.
United States.
United States > Foreign relations > 1989-
United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1989.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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