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Author Liebmann, George W

Title The last American diplomat : John D. Negroponte and the changing face of American diplomacy / George W. Liebmann
Published London : I.B. Tauris, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (384 pages)
Series International library of twentieth century history ; v. 45
International library of twentieth century history ; v. 45.
Contents LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1. EARLY YEARS; 2. HONG KONG; 3. VIETNAM; 4. STANFORD INTERLUDE; 5. KISSINGER AND THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL; 6. ECUADOR; 7. THESSALONIKI; 8. DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR FISHERIES; 9. DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS; 10. HONDURAS; 11. ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS; 12. DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR; 13. MEXICO; 14. THE PHILIPPINES; 15. PANAMA; 16. MCGRAW-HILL; 17. UNITED NATIONS; 18. IRAQ; 19. DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE; 20. DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE
Summary Can John D. Negroponte be described as 'The Last American Diplomat'? In a career spanning 50 years of unprecedented American global power, he was the last of a dying breed of patrician diplomats - devoted to public service, a self-effacing and ultimate insider, whose prime duty was to advise, guide and warn. Negroponte served as US ambassador to Honduras, Mexico, the Philippines and Iraq; he was US Permanent Representative to the UN, Director of National Intelligence and Deputy Secretary of State to George W. Bush. His was a high-flying and seemingly conventional career but one full of surpris
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Negroponte, John D
SUBJECT Negroponte, John D. fast
Subject Diplomats -- United States -- Biography
Biography: historical, political & military.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
Diplomatic relations
Diplomats
SUBJECT United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140098
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93001742
Subject United States
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012372741
ISBN 9780857721334
085772133X
9780857730404
0857730401
9781848858695
1848858698