Lessons from a Diplomatic Life

Adair, Marshall P.

ISBN 10: 1442220805 / ISBN 13: 9781442220805

Published by Rowman & Littlefield, 2012

About this Item

This first-hand account of the author's work with foreign governments and populations provides a unique outlook that has critical policy implications today. Through this retelling, Adair illuminates how the depth and accuracy needed of Foreign Service agents requires a close and intimate understanding of the cultures and governments they work with. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BM; JPQB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499. . 2012. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lessons from a Diplomatic Life
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1442220805
• ISBN 13: 9781442220805
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In his new book, Lessons from a Diplomatic Life: Watching Flowers from Horseback, retired State Department official and career diplomat Marshall P. Adair recounts and reflects on his time in the US Foreign Service. The story of his assignments throughout the world reveals important details about significant foreign policy issues and historic events, including Bosnia, American policy toward Tibet, the 1988 Burmese uprising, and the foundations of the current US-China relationship. It provides the reader with an inside look at the history of the US State Department, US diplomacy, and US foreign policy of recent decades, during what was often an unstable and uncertain time. This first-hand, detailed account of the author’s work with foreign governments and populations provides a unique outlook on US relations around the world that has critical policy implications for the situations we face today. Through this retelling, Adair illuminates how the depth and accuracy needed of diplomats and Foreign Service agents requires a close and intimate understanding of the cultures and governments they work with.

About the Author

Marshall P. Adair is an independent consultant on international relations, specializing in China and Europe. He retired as a Minister-Counselor in the Senior Foreign Service in September, 2007.