In Those Days: A Diplomat Remembers

By James W. Spain

An autobiography of a 20th-century American diplomat who spent most of his life in high-level diplomacy in Asia and Africa. His Foreign Service career brought postings in Islamabad, Istanbul, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087338606X
• ISBN13: 9780873386067
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Kent State University Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A touching, very real story about a diplomatic life.

This book is a realistic view of the glamorous and not so glamourous sides of the foreign service. It shows the beholdenness to politicians of a career FSO. An easy read, it also puts ambition into perspective by showing the tradegies of the author, which I felt was the chief lesson learned from the book. People who desire foreign service careers should definitely read the book. The lessons of a past ambassador are invaluble to those who aspire to the same goal.