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Autographed Copy of Living Abroad with Uncle Sam
- Item Number
- 129
- Estimated Value
- 16 USD
- Sold
- 7 USD to heleninboston
- Number of Bids
- 1 - Bid History
Item Description
In this book, our own Alto Helen Weinland describes her twenty years of service as a "grunt" in the foreign policy trenches. She answers the question, what does an American diplomat actually do-in hostile host countries and in friendly ones, at work and at play? Helen was in Prague when the Communist authorities slightly relaxed their policy on contacts with Czech dissidents. She watched Nigeria build a democratic successor government to a military dictatorship, and then fail at the job. And the Berlin Wall fell on her watch. This book describes the texture of life for a particular American foreign service officer, female, single, and bright. Weinland talks about the constant household moves, friendships and loneliness, and medical care and security overseas. She has decided opinions about the way the State Department treats its employees. Every arm chair foreign policy wonk, every would-be diplomat currently taking the State Department entry exam, every citizen who cares about the relations of the United States with the rest of the world should read this book.
Item Special Note
The author will attend the Cabaret and personally autograph your copy!
Item will be mailed on Monday, March 11th, with shipping and handling cost added, unless item is picked up at the live auction on March 8th or arrangement to pick item up is made before March 11th by contacting trinitychoirauction@gmail.com.
Donated By:
Helen Weinland
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