Foreign Service: Five Decades on the Frontlines of American Diplomacy

"A behind the scenes look at 50 years of US diplomacy. From Vietnam in the 1960s to...
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Foreign Service: Five Decades on the Frontlines of American Diplomacy by Dobbins, James

Foreign Service: Five Decades on the Frontlines of American Diplomacy

€67,36

Foreign Service: Five Decades on the Frontlines of American Diplomacy

€67,36
Author: James Dobbins
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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A behind the scenes look at 50 years of US diplomacy.

From Vietnam in the 1960s to Afghanistan in this decade, James Dobbins was on the frontlines of American diplomacy and worked to advance U.S. national interests in some of the world's most difficult and troubled arenas.

In Foreign Service, Dobbins takes the reader behind the scenes at the Vietnam peace talks, the darkest days of the Cold War, the reunification of Germany, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the U.S. military interventions in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Haiti, Kosovo, and Somalia. He provides a thoughtful insider's account of all these ventures, analyzes the sources of both success and failure, and provides incisive portraits of many of the chief actors.

Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama turned repeatedly to Dobbins as a diplomatic trouble-shooter with the right instincts and experience to help find solutions for seemingly irresolvable problems. Foreign Service vividly captures why they did.

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Author: James Dobbins
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 06/20/2017
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.20w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780815730040


Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2017

About the Author

James Dobbins served as Assistant Secretary of State for Europe, Special Assistant to the President for the Western Hemisphere, Special Adviser to the President and Secretary of State for the Balkans, Ambassador to the European Community, and special envoy for Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, and Kosovo, and Afghanistan. He holds the Distinguished Chair for Diplomacy and Security at the RAND Corporation.


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