American ambassadors : the past, present, and future of America's diplomats /
The way in which people become ambassadors of the United States is the result of time-honored traditions and, in some cases, the most thinly veiled form of corruption in American government. "American Ambassadors" explains where ambassadors come from, what they do, where they go and why th...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2014.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy series.
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Table of Contents:
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. A Brief History of the Title
- 2. Who Gets to Be an Ambassador
- The Traditional Route
- 3. The Nontraditional Route
- 4. The Last Steps
- Clearance and Confirmation
- 5. What An Ambassador Does
- 6. Where Ambassadors Go
- 7. Why It Matters and How It Might Be Changed
- Acknowledgements
- Appendices
- Endnotes
- Index.