Behind embassy walls : the life and times of an American diplomat /

"Autobiography of American diplomat Brandon Grove's career in the U.S. Foreign Service through the Cold War, McCarthyism, and Somalia crisis. Includes assessments of Chester Bowles; George Herbert Walker Bush; Robert Kennedy; George Kennan; Omar Torrijos; John Sherman Cooper; Philip Habib;...

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Main Author: Grove, Brandon, 1929-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2005
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300 |a xv, 333 pages :  |b illustrations ;  |c 24 cm 
500 |a "An ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy book." 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-322) and index 
505 0 |a 1. Setting Off: 1929 to 1942 -- 2. War, Peace, and More War: 1942 to 1954 -- 3. Join the Navy, See the World: 1954 to 1957 -- 4. Excursions: 1958 -- 5. The A-100 Course: 1959 -- 6. Abidjan: 1959 to 1961 -- 7. Bowles and Ball: 1961 to 1962 -- 8. Around the World with RFK: 1962 -- 9. India: 1963 to 1965 -- 10. West Berlin: 1965 to 1969 -- 11. Robert Kennedy: 1968 -- 12. Panama: 1969 to 1971 -- 13. East Berlin: 1974 to 1976 -- 14. Jonestown: 1978 -- 15. Jerusalem: 1980 to 1983 -- 16. Philip Habib: 1982 -- 17. Ambassadors -- 18. Zaire: 1984 to 1987 -- 19. Training: 1988 to 1992 -- 20. Somalia: 1992 to 1993 -- 21. Diplomacy -- Epilogue. My Education Continues 
520 |a "Autobiography of American diplomat Brandon Grove's career in the U.S. Foreign Service through the Cold War, McCarthyism, and Somalia crisis. Includes assessments of Chester Bowles; George Herbert Walker Bush; Robert Kennedy; George Kennan; Omar Torrijos; John Sherman Cooper; Philip Habib; Willy Brandt; Mobutu; Vernon Walters; Jimmy Carter; and Ronald Reagan"--Provided by publisher 
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