George Ball: Behind the Scenes in U.S. Foreign Policy

by James A. Bill

Book Overview

George Ball---undersecretary of state, diplomat, and respected "wise man"---wielded enormous influence in American foreign policy for more than four decades. In this eloquent biography, James A. Bill... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300069693
• ISBN13: 9780300069693
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

This book gives an interesting account of the Ball family.

I read this book just for the curiosity on the two sons by adoption of George W. Ball. Lt. John C. Ball was my Officer in charge when I was in the Army at Kagnew Station in Eritrea (Ethiopia then) in 1964. I remember John C. Ball as not like the typical officers in the army.