Danger zones : a diplomat's fight for America's interests /

Danger Zones is the autobiography of John Gunther Dean, a leading American diplomat of the twentieth century. His early life and eventful international career provide provocative reflections on significant events and leaders, American and foreign, and insights and advice on the practice of proactive...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dean, John Gunther
Corporate Author:	Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : New Academia Publishing/Vellum, [2009]
Series:	Memoirs and occasional papers (Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training)
Subjects:	Dean, John Gunther. Ambassadors > United States > Biography. Diplomats > United States > Biography. Diplomatic and consular service, American > Biography. Diplomatic and consular service, American > Cambodia > Biography. Diplomatic and consular service, American > Denmark > Biography. Diplomatic and consular service, American > Lebanon > Biography. Diplomatic and consular service, American > Thailand > Biography. Diplomatic and consular service, American > India > Biography. Diplomacy > Biography. United States > Foreign relations > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

Born German, thoroughly American
The power of knowledge
Colonial turns
Quagmire
War, peace, coup, peace
From Shangri-La to hell
The crucible of Lebanon
Asian tiger
Fatal embraces.