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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
There and back again	K. M. Shehabuddin	Autobiographical reminiscences of K. M. Shehabuddin, diplomat from Bangladesh and the political conditions of Bangladesh post 1971.	OL12976495W
The Vatican Pimpernel	Brian Fleming	During the German occupation of Rome from 1942 to 1944, Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty devoted his time and energy to running an escape organisation for Allied POWs and civilians. By the time the Allies e…	OL13615512W
The whole damn deal	Kathryn J. McGarr	"Robert S. Strauss was for many decades the quintessential Democratic power broker. Born to a poor Jewish family in West Texas, he founded the law firm that became Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, …	OL15951541W
The China Diary of George H. W. Bush	George Bush	Available in print for the first time, this day-by-day diary of George H.W. Bush's life in China opens a fascinating window into one of the most formative periods of his career. As head of the United…	OL17093193W
Love's civil war	Elizabeth Bowen	The love affair between writer Elizabeth Bowen & Canadian diplomat Charles Ritchie blossomed after their first meeting in 1941 & continued over the next 30 years until Bowen's death in 1973. When Rit…	OL17999927W
Wüstenblume	Cathleen Miller,Waris Dirie,Miller	Waris Dirie leads a double life -- by day, she is an international supermodel and human rights ambassador for the United Nations; by night, she dreams of the simplicity of life in her native Somalia …	OL1872814W
The envoy	Alex Kershaw	The epic and heroic story of how Raoul Wallenberg out-dueled Adolph Eichmann and saved more than 100,000 Jews in Budapest from the Nazi death camps.	OL19940991W
Outpost	Christopher R. Hill	"An "inside the room" memoir from one of our most distinguished ambassadors who--in a career of service to the country--was sent to some of the most dangerous outposts of American diplomacy. From the…	OL19988609W
Raoul Wallenberg	Ingrid Carlberg	"In this definitive biography, noted journalist Ingrid Carlberg has carried out unprecedented research into all elements of Wallenberg's life, narrating with vigor and insight the story of a heroic l…	OL20023327W
Packing up	Brigid Keenan	In the continuing adventures of Brigid Keenan, the "trailing spouse" of a diplomat, we find her dealing with life in Kazakhstan, navigating her daughters' weddings, coping with a cancer diagnosis, an…	OL20984095W
A season in hell	Robert R. Fowler	"Robert Fowler was a dominant force in Canadian foreign affairs... On December 14, 2008, Fowler, acting as the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Niger, was kidnapped by Al Qaeda. Along with hi…	OL23439762W
Our man in Vienna	Richard Timothy Conroy	"The wit and charm that marked Our Man in Belize enliven Richard Timothy Conroy's new diplomatic memoir about a posting that couldn't have a more different location. But the wheels of lower-level dip…	OL2660501W
Benita : Wo ein Wille, Da ein Weg	Benita Ferrero-Waldner	419 pages : 22 cm	OL28008163W
Personal policy making	Eliʻezer Ṭaʼuber	"Without the Canadian mediation between the two world blocs in 1947, the UN resolution to partition Palestine - 181(II) - might not have been adopted by the General Assembly. Canadians were among the…	OL3494947W
The Russia Hand	Strobe Talbott	"During the past ten years, few issues have mattered more to America's vital interests or to the shape of the twenty-first century than Russia's fate. To cheer the fall of a bankrupt totalitarian reg…	OL4651581W
Envoy to the Terror	Melanie Randolph Miller	The story of Gouverneur Morris, the brilliant and unconventional Founding Father from New York, is a forgotten jewel in the crown of early American national history. Although he was an important cont…	OL5703894W
The Hot Seat	Richard Woolcott	A revealing account of the last fifty years of world affairs as seen by one of Australia's most successful diplomats, from Communist Moscow to the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam to the tragic events o…	OL5794307W