Suchergebnisse

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.

"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"--