Paying calls in Shangri-La : scenes from a woman's life in American diplomacy / Judith M. Heimann.
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TextSeries: ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy bookPublisher: Athens : Ohio University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780821445785
- 0821445782
- Heimann, Judith M
- United States. Foreign Service -- Officials and employees -- Biography
- United States. Foreign Service
- Women diplomats -- United States -- Biography
- Diplomats -- United States -- Biography
- Diplomats' spouses -- United States -- Biography
- Diplomacy -- Social aspects -- History -- 20th century
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989
- Femmes diplomates -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Diplomates -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Diplomates -- Conjoints -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Diplomatie -- Aspect social -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- États-Unis -- Relations extérieures -- 1945-1989
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Women
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Diplomacy
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- Diplomatic relations
- Diplomats
- Diplomats' spouses
- Employees
- Women diplomats
- United States
- 1900-1999
- 327.730092 23
- E840.8.H436
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 18, 2016).
Illustrations; Prologue; 1: Political Apprenticeship in Africa; 2: Paying Calls; 3: Party Magic; 4: Domestic Dramas; 5: Diplomacy at the Dining Table; 6: Learning to Drive a Bargain; 7: Girl Talk; 8: Swifts in the Eaves; 9: Among Ex-Headhunters; 10: A "Tandem" Wife on Trial; 11: A Moment of Cold War Intrigue; 12: Getting Out in Public; Gallery of photos; 13: Latin Tags; 14: Heroics in the Hinterland; 15: Farewell to Africa; 16: Back in the Heart of Europe; 17: Being in Charge; 18: Encores; 19: Honesty, the Best Policy; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Appendix; Index.
Judith M. Heimann entered the diplomatic life in 1958 to join her husband, John, in Jakarta, Indonesia, at his American Embassy post. This, her first time out of the United States, would set her on a path across the continents as she mastered the fine points of diplomatic culture.
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