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"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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Marks, Edward, 1934- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2023]
Series:ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy series.
Subjects:
Marks, Edward, > 1934-
United States. > Foreign Service > Officials and employees > Biography.
United States. > Foreign Service
Diplomatic and consular service > United States > History > 20th century.
Ambassadors > United States > Biography.
Diplomats > United States > Biography.
Service diplomatique et consulaire > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Ambassadeurs > États-Unis > Biographies.
Diplomates > États-Unis > Biographies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political.
Employees
Diplomats
Diplomatic and consular service
Ambassadors
United States
Electronic books.
History
Biographies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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

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